Example sentences of "[pers pn] sets [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the deadlines created hy husbands ' and children 's needs , she imposes her own time pressures ; these follow from the way she organizes her work and the kind of standards she sets herself . |
| 2 | Each boxing match , Sartre claims , must be both a unique event and also in some sense the incarnation of all boxing , whose rules and conventions it follows , and whose past and future history it sets itself against . |
| 3 | More is involved than bringing forward new policies and programmes : it means … improving the efficiency of the machinery intended to achieve the aims it sets itself … |
| 4 | It sets out to do one job , and , within the limitations it sets itself , it does it well . |
| 5 | So much for the asides — but how good is Lewis on the subject he sets himself — on Milton ? |
| 6 | The challenge he sets himself grows from the nature of his materials and their relationship to an evolving form , and the outcome often involves a series of variations on known or familiar objects . |
| 7 | He sets himself up as the Father of the British Industry yet he does n't deliver the goods . |
| 8 | If he is an experienced gardener , you have to make sure that he sets himself achievable targets , and does not become over-ambitious . |