Example sentences of "[noun] sets [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true to say that Tamburlaine sets himself very few limits , and this is shown when he makes his aspirations clear by telling his friends that he wants ‘ to become immortal like the Gods ’ . |
| 2 | Anyone who takes on public duties sets himself up for attack , and in Rees-Mogg 's case , the succession of posts was dizzying . |
| 3 | Tallis sets himself the task of showing that much of the structuralist and poststructuralist enterprise is based on a misreading of Saussure . |
| 4 | But pop sets itself against nature and abandons wisdom for folly , moments of dissipation . |
| 5 | The author sets himself the lofty task of presenting the reader with a balanced description of the entire field through fermentation , microbial metabolism , copolymer composition control , to solid state physical properties and biodegradation . |
| 6 | The tendency of legal doctrine to permit and even require the directors of a company to weigh the interests of groups other than those of the shareholders is closely allied with the claims that a revolution is occurring in the goals which corporate enterprise sets itself and that corporate managers are assuming for their companies ' social responsibilities . |
| 7 | In order to understand his project and judge its success , it is important to grasp the problem Poulantzas sets himself : What question is he trying to answer ? |
| 8 | Can a cleaner on the shopfloor really be expected to know and understand the complex set of aims that a major corporation sets itself ? |
| 9 | Let us suppose that a person well acquainted with the woollen trade sets himself to inquire what would be the normal supply price of a certain number of millions of yards annually of a particular kind of cloth . |
| 10 | I am well aware of the aware of the high standards that the Medau Society sets itself . |
| 11 | If the Government sets itself the job of providing a framework of laws which enables families to meet those personal goals , the country will grow in prosperity and stability . |
| 12 | Bank dispute man sets himself alight |
| 13 | Former town crier sets himself alight |
| 14 | Prince sets himself a new goal |
| 15 | The Bank sets itself exceptionally high standards that , inter alia , call for projects to deliver at least a 10% economic rate of return . |
| 16 | The assumption is that each tale makes manifest a greater or smaller part of an ‘ abstract structure ’ and the task Todorov sets himself is the delineation of that abstract structure . |