Example sentences of "[noun prp] was set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bid for Rowntree was set in the context of a shift in consumer preference away from ‘ slab ’ bars of chocolate towards ‘ countline ’ products ( individually wrapped chocolate snacks ) — an area in which Rowntree had great strength . |
| 2 | Shah was setting in motion a chain of events which would lead to the bitter Wapping strike , when Murdoch took on the print unions — previously assumed to be invincible — and won . |
| 3 | Another evidently believed that The Merchant of Venice was set in greater Los Angeles . |
| 4 | On the day that Don Peters was on his feet at the EPC meeting , fighting for the survival of the British Vehicle Division and the jobs of the fifty thousand people it employed , Fred Clasper was setting in motion the third and final stage of his scheme to sabotage any possible chance of the company 's recovery . |
| 5 | Dorothy was set in Kent in 1740 . |