Example sentences of "set [pron] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the theory of social representation , anchoring is a mechanism which ‘ strives to anchor strange ideas , to reduce them to ordinary categories and images , to set them in a familiar context ’ ( Moscovici , ‘ 1983 : 29 , emphasis in original ) . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend knows that our policy on interest rates is to set them in a way that is compatible with our commitment to the pound 's band within the exchange rate mechanism and to bear down on inflation . |
| 3 | In order to discuss the analysis of Musgrave and Musgrave , it is helpful to set it in a four-quadrant diagram , similar to that used by Sandler and Tschirhart ( 1980 ) . |
| 4 | A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s . |
| 5 | Fru Blicher had organised eighty chairs from a nearby school and set them in a semi-circle round the platform . |
| 6 | Whatever happened to that little boy , all cuddles and kisses and cheeky sayings that set everyone in a roar ? |
| 7 | In England , Wales and Northern Ireland , the government , while unifying some of these ( see below : Business and Technician Education Council ; Joint Board for Pre-vocational Education ) , plans to preserve much of the existing range and variety of qualifications , though setting them in a more coherent and intelligible framework ( see below : National Council for Vocational Qualifications ) . |
| 8 | Theodora gently steered him back to the house and set him in a deckchair on the south-facing terrace . |
| 9 | But how naughty of you to pluck her and set her in a vase that only you see ! |