Example sentences of "[noun prp] set about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undaunted , however , by these prospects , Gould set about the preparations for his journey with systematic thoroughness , and , considering the multitude of decisions that had to be made , remarkable clearheadedness . |
| 2 | The team that ended the 1960s was dumped , and Ripley-Rust and Pybus set about the daunting task of building a squad capable of winning promotion when the club 's League career got underway again . |
| 3 | The IMF set about the problem by devising the special drawing right ( SDR ) as a means of settlement among its members . |
| 4 | Here Owen set about the great social reforms which made New Lanark for a time one of the most celebrated places in Britain ; he improved both the working and the living conditions of those on whose labour he depended , and proposed a system of universal co-operation in industry in place of the misery of exploitation . |
| 5 | Tuppe set about the meal . |
| 6 | After disbanding the Japanese military , releasing political prisoners and legalizing opposition political organizations , the US set about the task of writing a new constitution . |