Example sentences of "[adv] set out to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not set out to be radically different , though Haydn 's colourful scoring was certainly enhanced by the use of period instruments ( including a fortepiano in the recitatives and a bass line reinforced more consistently by bass trombone and contra bassoon ) , but it succeeded in being unforced and unfettered . |
| 2 | In his Dictionary ( 1697 ) , Bayle points out that although the ‘ new philosophers ’ do not set out to be sceptics , they go even further in extending sceptical arguments to the conclusion that smells , colours , and tastes , ‘ are perceptions of our soul and that they do not exist at all in the objects of our senses ’ . |
| 3 | Indeed , he did not set out to be comprehensive . |
| 4 | CHRISTOPHER Gable says he did not set out to deliberately shock . |
| 5 | Erm can we just refer to the general item paper as you will see they are not set out to be resolutions will committee er by the County Councils er paragraphs three one to three three set out the latest position on the planning application . |
| 6 | This book intentionally sets out to be a companion to art history by cataloguing movements and critics rather than artists , who are included if they have written on art . |
| 7 | ‘ Where fishermen once set out to sea , now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores . ’ |
| 8 | Where fishermen once set out to sea , now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores . |
| 9 | documents clearly set out to the staff , what I thought was our collective understanding of the section engineer oblique project engineer relationship |
| 10 | It clearly sets out to branches delivery goals that depots intend to achieve and it sets out how , in return , the branches can aid the delivery process . |
| 11 | I did n't set out to be a sculptor but discovered at college it was much more of a natural thing for me . |
| 12 | ‘ The magazine side of our publishing is perhaps the most flexible in design terms , ’ says Peter Brigg , ‘ but we do n't set out to be at the cutting edge of fancy design . |
| 13 | You see , this really , this this parable i is the story of of , of something which is lost almost by default , it just wanders off , it just goes it 's own way it did n't set out to be lost , it did n't choose you know that i , it did n't go through earlier on in that day , in the little brain that the sheep has , there was n't the thought going , I am going to deliberately get lost today ! |
| 14 | She then set out to her sister 's , some considerable journey away on the other side of the town . |
| 15 | He then sets out to scourge the thronging temples of moneychangers and idolators . |
| 16 | This latter proposal specifically sets out to be a piece of social legislation , being concerned with information provision to , and consultation with , the workforce in large companies , especially multinational companies . |
| 17 | ‘ I never set out to be famous , to set records , to do anything particular . |
| 18 | ‘ I never set out to be a role model for girls or women , ’ she said in a recent interview , ‘ and I do n't conform to any stereotype . |
| 19 | We never set out to be mealy-XXXX mouthed in our approach . |