Example sentences of "set about the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was seized upon by Walter Marshall when he became Director of Harwell in 1969 and set about the development of commercial work for industry . |
| 2 | The IMF set about the problem by devising the special drawing right ( SDR ) as a means of settlement among its members . |
| 3 | As assistant director of the Geological Survey of Scotland ( 1901–11 ) Horne established harmonious working conditions , set about the revision of the work on Scottish coalfields , saw to the publication of many memoirs , and recruited excellent young geologists . |
| 4 | Charity relieved him of it carefully and set about the operation with skill and familiarity . |
| 5 | On the contrary , he set about the formation of the National government with an enthusiasm which showed that the adventure was highly agreeable to him . |
| 6 | Neil Foster produced a very good ball to claim Dominic Cork — Mike Garnham 's third catch of the morning — but Steve Rhodes , 39 , and Ian Salisbury , 36 , set about the Essex attack with gusto in an unbroken eighth-wicket partnership of 66 before the lunchtime declaration . |
| 7 | Tuppe set about the meal . |
| 8 | Fortunately this did not stop the women from trying , and Basnett , senior lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick , describes in some detail the individual practitioners who set about the task . |
| 9 | After disbanding the Japanese military , releasing political prisoners and legalizing opposition political organizations , the US set about the task of writing a new constitution . |
| 10 | And , secondly , company law set about the task of demonstrating that the power of corporate managers was not unlimited but was subject to checks and controls which ensured that it could not be used for the manager 's own purposes or for any other arbitrary end . |
| 11 | They immediately set about the task of pushing the jostling photographers away from the limousine . |
| 12 | The Conservative Government , under Mrs Thatcher , set about the task straight away . |
| 13 | With funding , public support and a large space available , the steering committee set about the task of providing guide lines and selectors . |
| 14 | Following his split with the SWP James and his small band of adherents joined with another small group , the Workers ' Party , and with the aid his close collaborators , Grace Lee and Raya Dunayevskaya , he set about the task of examining the Hegelian dialectic and Marxist doctrine , which he believed would lead him to a fuller understanding of the Soviet Union , and in particular , Stalinism . |
| 15 | In the event the Association 's Honorary Wings Appeal Organisers , together with enthusiastic and voluntary helpers , set about the challenge with such determination and energy that a total of £2,437,637 was reached , an increase of 47% on the pervious year . |
| 16 | Both boats then reversed in front of me and two people from each boat set about the bridge , trying to free it . |
| 17 | The right building in the West End would have been expensive , so the company bought Porters South in 1988 for £2.7 million — and set about the £10.3 million conversion . |
| 18 | Upon his accession he set about the introduction of the Norman feudal system by dividing his realm up into feus or fiefs , and gave monopolistic trade charters to many towns on whose loyalty he henceforth hoped to rely . |
| 19 | Undaunted , however , by these prospects , Gould set about the preparations for his journey with systematic thoroughness , and , considering the multitude of decisions that had to be made , remarkable clearheadedness . |
| 20 | He ordered a dozen men to remain in the house whilst the rest of the company set about the business of rousing the neighbourhood with enquiry . |
| 21 | Ramsay did not exactly cheer , but Will noticed a certain lightening in his brother 's step thereafter , as he set about the business of summoning men . |
| 22 | The Development Office set about the business of fundraising and , in November , we were delighted to receive news that The Robertson Trust wished to increase its support for the extension , leaving the University with a fraction of the bill to pay . |
| 23 | Following demobilisation , he set about the rehabilitation of the Trinidad Workingmen 's Association , whilst at the same time getting himself elected as mayor of Port of Spain . |