Example sentences of "[pers pn] set in " in BNC.

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1 From the foregoing work that Tim Grant and I set in motion I believe that we have gained certain value .
2 You should continue to keep the time log to see whether the actual use of time conforms to the goals you set in the Action Plan .
3 ‘ You can be confident that the flywheel of change which you set in motion is resolutely turning , ’ said Director Engineering Group .
4 Civilization had to be more than a mere confluence of economic interests : ‘ And until we set in order our own crazy economic and financial systems , to say nothing of our philosophy of life , can we be sure that our helping hands to the barbarian and the savage will be any more desirable than the embrace of the leper ? ’
5 Because we are outraged by the conflict in Yugoslavia today , we should be ready for similar things to happen elsewhere in Europe unless we ensure that we set in place institutions to prevent them .
6 THE person with the yellow rosette looked barely old enough to be supping the pint we set in front of him .
7 It went against all biological sense to suggest that the receptors and the elaborate physiological adaptations which they set in motion had no purpose , or had evolved in response to taking opium .
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