Example sentences of "set [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the film is full of comments on the remaining cultural differences between east and west , it does not set out to make fun of the east Germans . |
| 2 | In his speech he said , ‘ May I suggest to you and your Council that you have the debate I suggested about the economic and environmental factors and then set out to provide leadership for the industry in reconciling these items . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We won the £25,000 contract in competitive bidding through the Overseas Development Agency as part of the UK Know-How fund which has been set up to provide assistance to the countries of Eastern Europe . |
| 4 | Following the death of TOTO drummer Jeff Porcaro , a memorial fund has been set up to raise money for the Grant High School Music Department , where Porcaro and Toto members Steve Lukather and David Paich attended . |
| 5 | The senior officer , an inspector , realizing that Myeloski was an important personage because Myeloski told him so , immediately set about arranging transport for the two visitors as well as booking accommodation in one of the local hotels . |
| 6 | Richard I was crowned in England at Westminster on 3rd September 1189 and immediately set about raising money for the crusade . |
| 7 | Spurred by a fleeting but unmistakable echo of Thetis 's music , interpolated in its original key as if to remind him of his mother 's counsel , and by the groaning shades of his dead countrymen , he sets forth to exact vengeance for the Trojan victory ( ex.10 ) . |
| 8 | LTS claim that Barama is " genuinely setting out to achieve management of the forest on a sustainable yield basis " , but Francis Sullivan of WWF points out that " sustainable yield is only the tiniest aspect of true sustainable forest management " and that the proposal makes no provision for the preservation of biodiversity . |
| 9 | Hawick , Selkirk , Galashiels , Peebles , Kelso , Melrose and Innerleithen were the seven original members of an Association set up to promote competition throughout the Borders . |
| 10 | Whether it will go ahead will be a test of the new Railtrak authority set up to control investment in the railways after privatisation . |
| 11 | Members of the health authority team set up to give advice on the ‘ physical , psychological , communication and mental health needs ’ of people with learning difficulties are often difficult to contact when support workers want to discuss problems relating to the women . |
| 12 | He was much concerned with strict honesty in business transactions and was closely involved in the agitation that led to the passing of the Prevention of Corruption Act in 1900 : he was subsequently chairman of the Bribery and Secret Commissions Prevention League , set up to give effect to the provisions of the Act . |
| 13 | In 1147 he succeeded to the dukedom of Swabia , and within a year he set out to take part in the Second Crusade , under the command of his uncle Conrad III and Louis VII of France . |
| 14 | For Jeanne Favret-Saada ( 1980 ) , who set out to study witchcraft in the French Bocage , the only means of moving in on the discourse she hoped to understand was to become part of it . |