Example sentences of "[det] [noun] set [adv prt] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Act set out to enlarge the range of civil remedies for wrongful acts done in contemplation or furtherance of ‘ industrial disputes , ’ but through the new statutory concept of unfair industrial practices , not through the law of tort . |
| 2 | The message is even more explicit in The Four Just Men ( 1939 ) , a tale of derring-do in which some chaps set out to warn the nation of a demonic plan to destroy the British Empire , leaving world domination in one man 's hands . |
| 3 | This paper sets out to examine the factors behind foreign portfolio investment in the United Kingdom since the mid-1970s . |
| 4 | This project sets out to explore the occupational structure which exists for women in Britain today . |
| 5 | This series sets out to explode the myth that some are impossible to keep . |
| 6 | Too familiar a problem for too many people setting out to enjoy a walk in the British countryside , according to the Countryside Commission . |