Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv prt] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Four horses and riders set out to complete the cross-country course , although only three must finish to score . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Following the victory Congress ( I ) leaders set about choosing a Prime Minister . |
| 7 | 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 . |