Example sentences of "sets [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A similar urge to move to lower temperatures is probably the main cue for the bogong moth of Australia when it sets off on its migration .
2 Glyn sets off on his lands end to John o groats run at the weekend , hoping his pedal power will help give a cash boost to some of Britains olympic athletes .
3 The army sets out on its way to France , and Roland is duly posted to lead the rear , together with the flower of Charlemagne 's feudatories , the twelve peers of France .
4 This is obviously related to Foucault 's analysis of the genealogy of the disciplinary society , a society of surveillance and control , which he sets out in his book Discipline and Punish , and to his argument that power proceeds not in the traditional model of sovereignty ( that is negatively , ‘ thou shalt not ’ ) but through administering and fostering life ( that is positively , ‘ you must ’ ) .
5 The judge sets out in his judgment the Home Office Guidance to Chief Officers on Police Complaints and Discipline Procedures , 1985 edition as follows :
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