Example sentences of "set about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be possible to set about this exercise with the assumption that legal regulation of family and personal behaviour is law insofar as its pedigree passes the appropriate test . |
| 2 | Lord God , as we set about this work , we ask that you will lead us step by step . |
| 3 | They set about this task with great enthusiasm . |
| 4 | Undaunted they set about flinging ropes over and , one by one , clambered across the yawning gap . |
| 5 | It is hardly surprising that , after what he had witnessed , he should set about some slaughter of his own . |
| 6 | We have set about this task by seeking to extend the earlier analysis , and much of the discussion takes the form of modifying the earlier general equilibrium equations . |
| 7 | Magnus the Pious proved an extremely able Emperor and immediately set about restoring order to the provinces of the Empire . |
| 8 | When that failed , he set about misleading man 's understanding of Jesus . |
| 9 | A group of volunteer workers from The Body Shop travelled to the remote village of Halaucest , in the northeast , and set about restoring orphanages . |
| 10 | Richie Richardson , in his first Test as captain , and Keith Arthurton , the flamboyant Nevisian left-hander , set about restoring momentum in a partnership of 82 in 19 overs before the rot , or rather an indisciplined passage of batting , set in . |