Example sentences of "set out [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 We may merely set out to determine the main policies in the areas in which we are interested .
2 Regression techniques , because they set out to make the squared distances of the residuals from the line as small as possible , can be unduly influenced by a few exceptional data points .
3 We set out to win that Cambridgeshire and we set out to win the two races at Haydock which came before today , ’ he smiled .
4 The news of the school uplift reached the two shopping in Kirkwall before they set out to travel the twenty miles or so back home .
5 Carl Prean and Alan Cooke in particular set out to magnify the Soviet shortcomings .
6 Bailey 's chapter ( 4.2 ) ‘ The Challenge of Economic Utility ’ , which comes from his book Challenges of Liberal Education ( 1984 ) sets out to distinguish the liberal goals of understanding from the goals , which he describes as both indoctrinatory and utilitarian , of ‘ respect for industrial and commercial activity ’ , a view based on the goal of ‘ helping children properly to appreciate how the nation earns and maintains its standard of living and properly ( esteeming ) the essential role of industry and commerce in this process ’ .
7 It sets out to cover the normal stages of language development between the ages of 1 and 5 years , although it is intended principally as a clinical tool for children with delayed and deviant language .
8 On Saturday morning I was in such a hurry that I only said a quick goodbye to my family , before setting out to walk the few miles into town for the London coach .
9 Then , studying changes over time , he set out to test the main conclusions derived from cross-sectional studies .
10 Clutching his head , Umberto set out to rouse the other grooms .
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