Example sentences of "set out [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Each of these clear days of scattered apple and white pear tree blossom moved inexorably towards the first day when they set out without books and came home in the evening showing the pink or blue papers they had tested themselves against in the examination hall .
2 They set out at dusk on 13 September and soon discovered that they were in the wrong wadi .
3 my Lord you 'll find the facts of the case , er set out at pages three to six , the character of the programme is described starting at three D
4 I still have a note of the objectives for the review I set out at Wilton Park :
5 Rosa Guy is also very descriptive and emotional in her writing , one of my favourite descriptions is on pages 53–54 which tells us how Mrs Aimsley has all her glasses set out on shelves and the higher the shelf , the more expensive the glass and of course not being used to drinking out of glasses , Imamu takes the most expensive type from which to drink milk and syrup and after washing and drying it , he put it back on the shelf , but as he takes his hand away , the glass tips over and falls , smashing on the sink .
6 Movements on the Company 's share premium account are as those set out on page 33 .
7 This statement together with a series of strategic aims ( set out on page 2 ) and more specific objectives will guide the Councils in establishing specific action plans for the next three years .
8 The interior of the Americas , beyond the great mountains east of Lima , was still a mystery , but a mystery that brave men were challenging : with immense courage and endurance they set out on travels both dangerous and dazzling .
9 " Recalling and reaffirming its Resolutions 660 , 661 , 662 , 664 , 665 , 666 , 667 , 669 , 670 , 674 and 677 [ set out on pp. 37639 ; 37695 ; 37759 ; and above ; Resolution 669 of Sept. 24 , omitted on page 37695 , was passed unanimously , asking the sanctions committee to examine requests for assistance from countries experiencing economic difficulties because of observance of the embargo ] ;
10 The truce of Espléchin in September did nothing to quieten importunate creditors , and on 30 November , having sent a bitter denunciation of Archbishop Stratford to the pope , Edward frustrated , desperate and furious — set out for England to wreak revenge and secure funds .
11 The day after I got back from Moscow , I set out for Philadelphia , where I was due to receive a medal from the Franklin Institute .
12 ‘ We made ourselves some ro is , and when we 'd eaten them , I set out for home .
13 As Kalchu and I and some of the other men set out for home , they started to gather it up and hack off the dead branches that jut out from pine-trunks like thin stumps of arms .
14 Despite all the detailed criteria set out for assessment , despite the emphasis on course-work , in the end ‘ high ’ GCSE will be familiar enough , and the transition to A level not a matter of genuine difficulty .
15 The Education Act of 1981 required that each school prepare a document which set out for parents its aims , objectives , organisation and curriculum policy .
16 The Seasiders set out for Cyprus today needing a win or a higher scoring draw than 1-1 in Wednesday 's return game to secure a lucrative first round tie with Paris St Germain .
17 We then set out for Muscat , but with nightfall approaching , we landed in Abu Dhabi .
18 Mother wept to see Father 's state , and proposed that we set out for Chiguana , the nearest town where we might expect to find a hospital , immediately .
19 specific rules set out for stock provisioning rather than directors ' estimates .
20 On 9 November 1984 I set out for consultation a list of branded drugs which would no longer be prescribed under the health service .
21 The first evening we left the children with some of the helpers and my husband , David , and I set out to Mass at the convent .
22 The Aberdeen striker Joey Harper scored the only goal in a hard fought international against Denmark , and the Scots set out to party .
23 With the Frankish Church 's new emphasis on godparental obligations , such a reinforcing of a biological kin-tie by a spiritual one became an adroit response to the dangers set out by Charlemagne in the 806 division-project .
24 It fits the principles set out by Conrad ( 1980 ) in allowing language stimulation by making available a number of forms of code .
25 They set out by coach one fine morning , and when they arrived in London , they went straight to Mr Brownlow 's house .
26 The Tribunal can consider it as one of the facts along with those set out by Lord Justice May in the Palmer case as well as any which are relevant in the particular case .
27 ( Set out by Cairns , L. J. in Re S — 1976 . )
28 The guidance that we give below , under six headings , is therefore to be considered together with all the statutory and other rules and recommendations set out by Parliament , or in the 1991 guide , which takes the form of a practice direction as to costs in criminal proceedings , and which also includes , at appendix 3 , the formal Practice Direction of 3 May 1991 as to costs in criminal proceedings : Practice Direction ( Crime : Costs ) [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 498 .
29 The conditions set out by Samuel were intended to distance the National Government from the Lloyd George coalition which had cast its shadow across the politics of the 1920s .
30 We get up at 7 a.m. , and have breakfast at 7.30 ( now it 's getting to be more like 7.45 ! ) before we set out by car for the Institute where we start teaching at 8.30 .
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