Example sentences of "set out " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this section , I will set out what I believe to be the basic characteristics of a flourishing , as well as an unsuccessful , approach to science . |
| 2 | In other words , the choreographer should set out to create a particular style for the whole dance design , yet within it be free to vary the way of performing a step without breaking away from or distorting the overall rhythmic quality and phrasing of his enchaînements . |
| 3 | Only when they have examined what hands , arms , legs and feet , body and above all the head can do in isolation and then in harmony with the story , theme or music , can they set out and create a style which will be general in structure and particular in texture , with the right quality , mood , emotion , action and character . |
| 4 | Here Mr Kinnock should set out clearly why , in the Gorbachev era , negotiated rather than unilateral disarmament is almost always preferable . |
| 5 | Where planning is not purely negative ( which it has to be sometimes ) , it should set out to enable people to live decent lives . |
| 6 | Turning to the White Paper , to be published before the next party conference , he said it would set out the Conservatives ' agenda for the rest of this century . |
| 7 | It did not set out to be radically different , though Haydn 's colourful scoring was certainly enhanced by the use of period instruments ( including a fortepiano in the recitatives and a bass line reinforced more consistently by bass trombone and contra bassoon ) , but it succeeded in being unforced and unfettered . |
| 8 | Technologists might , but they did not set out to do so . |
| 9 | The legal terms of this agreement will not necessarily govern the day-to-day relationship between the record company and artist , but it will set out the obligations of both parties , or ‘ who is responsible for what ’ . |
| 10 | As a result of this visit , the accountant will prepare a royalty examination report , in conjunction with the solicitor , which will set out the claims for underpayment of the band 's royalties by the recording or publishing company . |
| 11 | Starting with a bank loan of £4,000 , Roddick had no time to sit down in the early years and draw up a grandiose mission of what her organisation should set out to achieve . |
| 12 | And again á propos Postmodernism : ‘ Nor does the argument set out in this section imply the dismissal of all recent works — including those described as ‘ Postmodern ’ — — as worthless rubbish . |
| 13 | But he says , ‘ I do n't set out to evangelize or alert the world . |
| 14 | Lewis does not set out to make himself cleverer than the reader , stili less cleverer than the authors whom he is discussing . |
| 15 | Although the film is full of comments on the remaining cultural differences between east and west , it does not set out to make fun of the east Germans . |
| 16 | In his Dictionary ( 1697 ) , Bayle points out that although the ‘ new philosophers ’ do not set out to be sceptics , they go even further in extending sceptical arguments to the conclusion that smells , colours , and tastes , ‘ are perceptions of our soul and that they do not exist at all in the objects of our senses ’ . |
| 17 | I 'm certain that he did n't set out to mislead . |
| 18 | Zuwaya style and etiquette required that people in polite company should not set out arguments of principle , arranged in a hierarchy of priorities , so that they might read off right courses of action from agreed schedules of value . |
| 19 | ‘ We must consciously set out to win new constituencies of support , ’ Mr Gould said in the same room where five hours earlier his opponent , Mr John Smith , mounted his own challenge . |
| 20 | Though in our recent study of Adoption Allowances which involved many older children we did not set out to test the issues under discussion , nevertheless some of the 52 children we interviewed maintained a link with a member of the original family whilst in the case of a few others a ‘ clean break ’ approach was followed by agencies . |
| 21 | London Underground 's Charter will set out tougher new standards and what it will do to compensate passengers should it fail to meet those standards . |
| 22 | Since the review will set out the framework for defence policy for years to come , we will halt any defence cut , and any order for a new weapons system , which might prejudice its outcome . |
| 23 | She did n't set out to uncover sexual shenanigans . |
| 24 | If they did set out on a journey , it was usually on business or a pilgrimage or to go to war . |
| 25 | And when ye would set out for Castille , let all the people know in secret , that they make themselves ready , and take with them all that they have , so that none of the Moors in the suburb may know thereof ; for certes ye can not keep the city , neither abide therein after my death . |
| 26 | Never at any time in his career did he set out solely to defend . |
| 27 | The tables dare clearly set out and the book should provide a valuable and compact alternative to the bulkier McCance & Widdowson with its various supplements . |
| 28 | In the nomination paper the candidate must set out his surname and other names in full and , his home address . |
| 29 | A line is drawn under which the base category of the explanatory variable is noted ; the fact that some working class children attend selective secondary schools ( path a ) reminds us that there are some factors influencing attendance at such schools that this particular model does not set out to explain . |
| 30 | ‘ I would never set out in life to assassinate anybody , but some people have made sure that the mud will stick to me . ’ |