Example sentences of "[adv] set in " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a swimming pool with a sun terrace , pool bar , free deckchairs and deckchairs all set in lovely gardens . |
| 2 | His gloriously coloured plumage is emblazoned with 169 diamonds , 44 sapphires , 31 emeralds , three round rubies and two pear-shaped rubies , all set in eighteen carat gold . |
| 3 | In fact , the tea 's all set in the dining-room as usual and has been for … let me see ’ — she put her head on one side — ‘ how many years ? ’ |
| 4 | But he was in his thirties , and already much set in his ways , and perhaps reluctant to make too many changes too quickly . |
| 5 | Such craftsmen were considered more than mere artisans , and their products , especially set in seal rings , were highly esteemed . |
| 6 | Thus evidence of glacial and interglacial periods , such as the type of flora and fauna present , can sometimes be used to assign a sequence to events , but , as with any relative dating technique , events are only set in order . |
| 7 | However , this tablet was only set in the wall in 1456 , and is in conflict with an account written about events on 17 September 1387 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Not a partnership — strangely for someone so set in his own ways , Ken would be willing to do as he was told , as far as work was concerned . |
| 10 | The Kings Quest series is basically set in the mythical kingdom of Daventry , and revolves around the adventures of King Graham , his family and subjects . |
| 11 | This chain of events led to British support of NATO becoming the basis of her Second Pillar of grand strategy , but it was to be another four years , and under Churchill 's last Administration , before it was finally set in concrete with the extension of the Brussels Treaty in the October 1954 . |
| 12 | The picturesque town of Alberobello offers a stunning day out because it is made up of over 1000 whitewashed ‘ trulli ’ houses , quaintly set in hilly , winding streets which are still regularly crossed by pony traps and carts . |
| 13 | The statute of Carlisle is best set in this context . |
| 14 | Oracle and Sybase have already set in motion plans for parallel-enabled versions of their respective database engines , and other players are expected to follow suit . |
| 15 | The reforms already set in train were either dropped immediately or gradually diluted , and from 1883 a period of intense reaction set in . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Of slighter build than his brother , at fifteen Joseph still had the unfinished face of a growing boy , but his features were already set in a more thoughtful , reflective cast than Chuck 's and there was a hint of his mother 's sensitivity in his smile . |
| 18 | Government privatization plans , already set in train in June with the flotation of one-third of the shares in the Ibusz travel agency and the reopening of the Budapest stock exchange [ see p. 37620 ] , were framed in legislation approved by the National Assembly on Sept. 18 . |
| 19 | In all of this , the Library recognises that it can only advance in the closest possible cooperation and consultation with those organisations , most notably university departments and university libraries , which have already set in place the academic and technological infrastructure to which we hope to make an increasingly useful contribution . |
| 20 | The cost or price of borrowing or lending is thus set in the capital market . |
| 21 | Younger workers are not set in their ways , employers believed . |
| 22 | This month sees the Orbit promotion headed by a new Iain M Banks novel , Against a Dark Background ( £15.99 ) , and while this is not set in the world of the Culture , the novella which gives its name to Banks ' collection of stories The States of the Art ( £5.99 ) is . |
| 23 | As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has said , the Union is not set in concrete ; it has changed over time , but , broadly speaking , we favour the current constitutional arrangements . |
| 24 | ‘ Our product and service standards are geared to what the customer requires , not set in concrete , ’ says ‘ The standard of service is set by the guest . |
| 25 | The charter says quality standards must be explicit and measurable and ‘ not set in such a way as to make black voluntary organisations unable to tender for contracts ’ . |
| 26 | To give judgment upon these presentments , the ancient machinery of the Forest Eyre was once more set in motion after a long period of general disuse . |
| 27 | The clay rapidly set in a hard surface on the table and the floorboards underneath it . |
| 28 | He had roved the district in search of cinematic distraction , of some foolish , enjoyable , Hollywood farrago , preferably set in the ancient world , with all-Americans dressed in togas , and luscious drug-store dames in tailored slave-rags . |
| 29 | Such rigidities can be observed in organizations and institutions as well as whole cultures : the small , traditional engineering or textile firm which fails to adapt to the market and goes out of business ; the political party caught between renewal and betrayal ; the institution so deeply set in its ways that it is hardly aware of them . |
| 30 | The north doorway has a remarkable tympanum deeply set in the porch like that at Autun . |