Example sentences of "[noun] set about " in BNC.
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| 1 | How schools set about developing the statutory orders in the context of whole — curriculum policies represents a significant challenge for leadership and , not the least in primary schools , the strategies adopted by headteachers . |
| 2 | In Sections 4.4 and 4.7 we described the way in which schools set about spending their project grants and the key role played by the DCSLs in advising schools on the " weeding " of existing stock , the range of available books and materials , and the mechanics of ordering , cataloguing and shelving their acquisitions . |
| 3 | Using information from assessments such as these , from surveys and from customer complaints , C&P sales offices set about identifying procedures and standards associated with product availability , delivery , order processing , and documentation — their aim being to achieve BS 5750 registrations . |
| 4 | The junior recruits set about their evening tasks While the seniors pack and then head for the NAAFI for their end-of-course party . |
| 5 | The tanks are directly connected to one another by a balance rope attached to the centre of each tank and passing over pulleys set about the centre of each plane . |
| 6 | Some parents set about punishing undesirable behaviour without paying attention to the needs and ‘ messages ’ that lie behind it . |
| 7 | For the people as a whole , therefore , the destruction of the Temple and the exile to Babylon came to be viewed as a dramatic realization of these doom prophecies , and proof of the absolute power of the jealous God Yahweh , and — harnessing these concepts to their own pragmatic ends — the exiles set about ridding themselves of all impurity in an effort to regain his favour . |
| 8 | Those mariners set about whaling , settling , plundering ; they established a presence in Hawaii ; they shared with Britain the spoils of the Chinese treaty ports ; they took Samoa ; they befriended Korea ; they seized and settled Midway , Wake , Guam and ( a spoil of an Imperial war ) the Philippines — thus creating a series of stepping-stones , a lifeline of tropical islands that led all the way to that greatest and most elusive prize , the Middle Kingdom , China . |
| 9 | How these banks set about merging will make or break them |
| 10 | Following the return to work , the Banks set about introducing Lunch-time Opening . |
| 11 | So the mandarins set about finding an alternative . |
| 12 | Begun under the Labour government of Mr David Lange and his Finance Minister , Mr ( now Sir ) Roger Douglas , the reforms set about dismantling the generous subsidies to farming , New Zealand 's largest industry . |
| 13 | They need to know how senior managers set about making decisions . |
| 14 | After TB was diagnosed , he stopped work immediately and hospital staff set about contacting the 500 children and 500 staff who he had been in contact with him in the weeks before he became ill . |
| 15 | Slowly , painstakingly , these people set about preserving and promoting Poland 's folk-life , while attempting to assimilate Polish szlachta culture and cultural values for themselves . |
| 16 | But having been once rebuffed , the Scandinavians set about collecting more evidence . |
| 17 | So the girls set about phoning potential and existing clients and wrapping up the business . |
| 18 | Following the victory Congress ( I ) leaders set about choosing a Prime Minister . |
| 19 | But there was no fairy-tale ending as Bob Dwyer 's men set about party-pooping in serious fashion when the experienced half-back combination of Nick Farr-Jones and Michael Lynagh began to click , each scoring a try . |
| 20 | The Sheriff , Mr. Truelock , was called and with two of the men set about the work of destruction . |
| 21 | The ignorance with which the outsiders set about overturning a perfectly satisfactory agricultural economy at Axholme suggests parallels with the notorious ground-nut scheme instigated in East Africa in the late 1940s . |
| 22 | In the Corridor and those areas ceded to Poland before the plebiscite , the Poles set about a land reform and began expropriation procedures , to dispossess German farmers of land and homes . |
| 23 | ‘ When college students set about doing business , they can do little to help provide raw materials and consumer goods at fair prices for thousands of people ’ . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , Britain 's early filmmakers set about the business of film production with some brio and not a little flair . |
| 25 | While some made their way to the more traditional setting of the cafe by choice , two of them in denim overalls and safety boots set about the polishing , cleaning and oiling of duty loco , Maid Marian . |
| 26 | By 0800 hours , most of the repair shops are humming as the tradesmen set about their various repair tasks . |
| 27 | The conservative think-tanks set about the prevailing wisdom on welfare policy at home , detente with Russia abroad . |
| 28 | He was fortunate in finding a good post — as a draughtsman of Gothic work — and in the company of congenial colleagues set about enjoying the experiences London had to offer in the 1860s . |
| 29 | But the model does provide an explanation of why fieldworking anthropologists set about things in the way they do . |