Example sentences of "set in [noun sg] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And that 's when I waved at the Guards major Nogin and set in motion the arrest of Ralph Pike . |
| 4 | Presumably he had already set in motion the machinery which next month would array a large army under his command , but when he approached Limoges he still had only a few men with him . |
| 5 | Given Mancini 's scenario , their role is clear : they selfishly overturned Edward 's wishes and set in motion the train of events which led directly to Edward V 's deposition . |
| 6 | Given Mancini 's scenario , their role is clear : they selfishly overturned Edward 's wishes and set in motion the train of events which led directly to Edward V 's deposition . |
| 7 | 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 ] . |
| 8 | It was then that the pioneers of modern travel set in motion the age of travel in which we are so lucky to live . |