Example sentences of "[adv] set [prep] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that time he had not only set in motion all the police retinue that attends on sudden and unexplained death , but also attended their ministrations throughout , seen the body examined , photographed , cased in its plastic shell and removed by ambulance to the forensic laboratory , delegated certain necessary duties , placated the police doctor and the pathologist , come to terms with the inevitable grief and rage which do not reach the headlines , and made dispositions within his own mind for the retribution which is so often aborted . |
| 2 | The date for the long-awaited fourth PCC congress was finally set for Oct. 11 , 1991 . |
| 3 | Beset by rioting , strikes and murders since March , as students and citizens demanded , and were promised , political reform , Togo remained tense throughout May pending the planned national conference on its political future , which was finally set for June 10-20 . |
| 4 | Having done everything in your tank preparations to avoid new tank syndrome , you can still set in motion some of the attendant problems if you start your new stock off on the wrong fin . |
| 5 | Once set in motion this requires only the periodic visit to negotiate such matters as price changes . |
| 6 | Headline of the week so far comes from Reuter , which says MICROSOFT SHIPS WIDOWS IN JAPANESE , but the truth is that Microsoft Corp said the Japanese-language edition of the Windows operating system version 3.1 is now being shipped , adding that it is the first retail version for personal computers to be introduced in Japan , and that 24 of the OEM customers supporting Windows in Japan are offering it pre-installed and preconfigured on their machines as part of Microsoft 's Windows Ready-to-Run programme ; Microsoft is also set with Windows 3.1 in Korean and Chinese . |
| 7 | Furthermore , I have also set in motion several of my own initiatives as well as sponsoring the suggestions of a couple of other departments . |
| 8 | The centre-right Popular Action ( AP ) party , led by former President Fernando Belaúnde Terry ( 1980-1985 ) , which rejected Fujimori 's new date for municipal elections , now set for Jan. 29 , 1993 , and stated that " more than 17 political parties " demanded that he reverse the decision to postpone them from November 1992 [ see p. 38959 ] . |
| 9 | Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream and Hamlet would be a good starting point — As You Like It , Twelfth Night and Julius Caesar you may already be familiar with , as they are often set for O level courses . |
| 10 | The first multiparty legislative elections for 26 years , originally set for Dec. 7 [ see p. 39182 ] , took place on Dec. 29 . |
| 11 | Following postponement of the national conference on constitutional reform , originally set for April 29 , a session of the conference preparatory commission was expected to begin on May 2 . |
| 12 | The course since then has not been all plain sailing , as changes in the launch date , originally set for August 1981 , reflect . |
| 13 | Before the two Prime Ministers ' next scheduled meeting ( by then set for Aug. 27 ) , however , Meciar suddenly announced that the HZDS side would not be attending . |
| 14 | At a later stage — initially set for March 1981 — it was to be developed into a full European Monetary Fund . |
| 15 | A sixth round of peace talks in Rome between the government and the South African-backed rebel Mozambique National Resistance ( MNR or Renamo ) , previously set for April 8 , was postponed until April 15 , then until April 26 , and finally until May 2 , each time at the rebel group 's request . |
| 16 | Eric Heffer , Labour MP for Liverpool , Walton , died on May 27 , making necessary a by-election which was subsequently set for July 4 . |