Example sentences of "[noun] set [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you may know the Cardinal has already taken steps to set in train a thorough investigation into the moral implications of the Law Lords ' decision . |
| 2 | The craft passes down a wide channel between sheer cliffs lined with castles , ramparts and defences , before passing through the second portal , a gate of shining silver set with sapphires the size of a man 's head . |
| 3 | It is not disputed by the Legal Aid Board , and indeed it is obvious , that the existing practice is highly convenient and may avoid unnecessary costs being incurred which would eventually fall on the legal aid fund if it were necessary in every case to set in motion a procedure for filing of evidence . |
| 4 | This applies , presumably , to the case where one misfortune sets in train a whole sequence of further misfortunes , each confirming the child 's expectation of what life has to offer him and each giving him further reason to adopt whatever behaviour — flight from reality , antisocial tendencies , and so forth — he used as a way of dealing with the original situation . |
| 5 | Chiesa is now serving a six year sentence but his evidence set in motion an inquiry which covers the whole of Italy . |
| 6 | During January courts set in motion the process of liquidating the Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ) , which had been closed in July 1991 after evidence of massive fraud was revealed [ see pp. 38355 ; 38545 ] . |
| 7 | The decision set in motion a chain reaction that was to become an international phenomenon — hundreds of shops , all a mirror image of her original concept no matter where in the world they are located . |
| 8 | This action by the creditor set in motion the issuing , by the clerk , of a writ or summons which was formally delivered to an officer of the Chief Bailiff who served it on the defendant at his house . |
| 9 | Sparc International last week set in place a SparcBuilders programme which will include the licensing of a portfolio of designs , hardware and software interfaces , tools and implementations for designing and building Sparc systems and applications . |
| 10 | At the last conference , Neil Kinnock set in motion a plan to institute a National Policy Forum , which would meet four times a year , and produce a two-year rolling review of policy to be ( if all went well ) rubber-stamped by the annual conference . |
| 11 | Following disturbances in Southall , London , in April 1979 , when Asian youths assembled to protest against a National Front political rally during the general election , and when a New Zealand demonstrator was killed , some alleged by a blow from a police officer , the Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law . |
| 12 | It is proving invaluable in helping chambers set in place a proper system of administration in chambers . |
| 13 | His wages were 10 shillings ( 50p ) a week , plus free accommodation , with a fixed fee for lessons set at 5p an hour , or 7p for 18 holes . |
| 14 | It was then that the pioneers of modern travel set in motion the age of travel in which we are so lucky to live . |
| 15 | With the saw blade set at 15° the jig locates in the mitre fence slots of the saw table , sliding back and forth over the blade . |
| 16 | The 1967 law of military service , which reduced the term of conscription from three years to two ( and from four years to three in the Navy and Air Forces ) at the same time set in motion the expansion of an already considerable effort at pre-conscription and para-military training : between 1967–1972 the budget of the para-military training organisation , DOSAAF ( Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army , Air Force and Navy ) underwent a threefold increase . |
| 17 | Lighting the fire sets in motion a new sequence of action . |