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set in train

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set in train
if you set in train an activity or an event, you make it begin His book set in train the events which eventually led to revolution.
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Mr Gledhill said: "We've set in train the arrangements so that women will be able to become bishops in the Church of England and we've committed ourselves to working at it so that those who have conscientious objections to that can still find a place in the Church of England with us.
Today they will formally set in train European Parliamentary procedures which they hope will lead to the introduction of a new cross-border missing child alert scheme.
The decision set in train a series of legal actions against Multiplex by Cleveland Bridge, which has so far won pounds 5m in damages.
 
 
 
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