Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 How schools set about developing the statutory orders in the context of whole — curriculum policies represents a significant challenge for leadership and , not the least in primary schools , the strategies adopted by headteachers .
2 How a long-net is used to surround a warren , with one or more nets set internally to subdivide the enclosed area to restrict rabbit movements .
3 The Truman Administration had already been forced by Congress to end Lend-Lease ; many of the joint boards set up to co-ordinate the Anglo-American war effort were summarily dismantled ; and , although the Combined Policy Committee and the Combined Development Trust survived , the flow of technical information , on which Britain was depending to set up her own atomic establishments , began to dry up .
4 Four horses and riders set out to complete the cross-country course , although only three must finish to score .
5 Over the next 13 years , the regulations set out to achieve a 70 per cent cut in hydrocarbon emissions .
6 Begun under the Labour government of Mr David Lange and his Finance Minister , Mr ( now Sir ) Roger Douglas , the reforms set about dismantling the generous subsidies to farming , New Zealand 's largest industry .
7 from the beginning , the partners set out to offer a global service , establishing a European and North American network of associated consultancies , shortly to be extended to the far East .
8 Following the victory Congress ( I ) leaders set about choosing a Prime Minister .
9 On the night of the attack , Jordan and Corporal Bourmont each with four men set off to raid the two airfields at Derna .
10 Run-of-mine-material was brought out of the mine in horse drawn mine waggons ( sometimes it was carted ) and tipped onto sloping grizzleys of strong iron bars set apart to allow an undersize of 4 in .
11 Darwin and his followers set out to explain the global distribution of animals and plants by postulating a complex sequence of migrations limited by geographical barriers .
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