Example sentences of "they set [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do they set themselves up as tradesmen if that 's all they 're going to do ? |
| 2 | They set themselves the difficult task of disentangling this cosmic dust from the earthly sort . |
| 3 | God has ‘ given all mankind so sufficient a light of reason , that they … could not ( whenever they set themselves to search ) either doubt of the being of a God , or of the obedience due to Him ’ . |
| 4 | From the outset however they set themselves the objectives , not only producing a comprehensive study of land ownership in the region which would be of use to local groups and also capable of influencing regional and National land policy , but equally importantly , of reaching these goals through a very specific manner of research . |
| 5 | Holists and individualists may both be said to have an overarching interest in understanding the mechanisms which operate in the social world , but beneath this unifying umbrella their eyes are fixed on different features on the landscape , and their respective theories are to be judged in relation to the tasks they set themselves . |
| 6 | Go around the group and have everybody in turn explain a particular example of their coping , or the task they set themselves during the preceding week . |
| 7 | They set themselves the task of creating a full-scale replica of it using the original Roman techniques . |
| 8 | Both have much to do to achieve the aspirations they set themselves : we can not choose between them in terms of which of them is going to take social research forward . |