Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] set out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the last 25 years , Bradford University has set out to serve society through excellence in teaching and research , by advancing learning and by applying knowledge for the benefit of all . |
| 2 | Kermode has set out his reasons for refusing it in Essays on Fiction , and Lodge has remarked , ‘ To open a book or article by … |
| 3 | These aims have gained a high symbolic place in the public imagination and the institution has set out to prevent and detect acts which are usually subsumed under a generic ( but simplistic ) classification of ‘ crime ’ . |
| 4 | Accordingly , this chapter aims to set out the requirements for a fully configured GIS interface , and profiles the development of a new GIS user interface system called UGIX . |
| 5 | The new statute had set out the management arrangements governing the institutions which the county authority had taken over . |
| 6 | The Football Supporters Association have set out on a project to democratise the game , taking control of the clubs and institutions that so ruthlessly exploit their support . |
| 7 | The DSS believes that NICs are due on such payments ( the Faculty has set out the reasons why it does not agree ) , but comments that it is possible to deal with matters rather differently by the so-called ‘ statutory method ’ . |
| 8 | With the authority and control characteristic of the highly acclaimed Headway course , Headway Advanced sets out to clarify and resolve those areas of language which remain problematic for advanced students , and which present a barrier to the fluency and accuracy they seek . |
| 9 | He felt Bully Boy had set out too quickly , but when he asked Market Leader to quicken in the back straight he got no response . |
| 10 | In a new survey on ‘ National Orchestra Provision ’ , due to be published in July , the BBC and the Arts Council have set out to assess how well this musical plenty reaches audiences and how the number of concert-goers can be increased . |
| 11 | The recital quoted sets out the reason for adopting such a provision ; and when it comes to interpreting one or other of those detailed provisions , the recital is helpful in setting out the overall purpose to which they relate . |
| 12 | The way BOSS have set out this unit 's top panel ( and the ME-10's as you 'll see later ) is excellent ; it 's like having part of the manual right in front of you at all times . |
| 13 | Assuming that schools-industry liaison is a good thing and that schools should do more of it , the project team has set out to support the development of ‘ local solutions to local problems ’ , rather than prescribe a particular kind of development . |
| 14 | In all cases , after stating the purpose of the report , the head teacher needs to set out clearly the decision he or she would advise the governors to take . |
| 15 | According to some commentators the Myanman military had set out to capture the Karens ' last two bases on the Thai border ( Manerplaw and Kawmoora ) by March 27 , the country 's Armed Forces Day . |
| 16 | In form the Song of Roland is like a succession of vivid , jerky photographs , like an early motion picture ; it is as though the author had set out to describe something similar to the Bayeux Tapestry , depicting the tragedy , not of Harold , but of Roland . |
| 17 | The environmental arguments that the hon. Gentleman has set out are also extremely valid . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend has set out his concerns very clearly for the House , and set out in detail how this case was handled by British Rail . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend has set out a number of concerns , including the lack of firm evidence , the way in which the matter was investigated , and the conduct of BR 's disciplinary hearing . |
| 20 | As that is the political sphere given to the health service — it is a public service accountable through my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to the House — the management of the health service has set out clearly how that principle should be applied to the management of ECRs . |
| 21 | Whilst in many cases firms with more than 20 partners will for reasons of publicity wish to set out their names on the firm 's documentation , there is no compulsion for them so to do ( and beyond a certain number it obviously becomes impracticable ) . |
| 22 | The government has set out in the Patient 's Charter the principles on which the NHS is based . |
| 23 | The Conservative government has set out to achieve this by selling council houses and also by attempting to widen share ownership . |
| 24 | While baptism marked one rite de passage , death and burial marked another , and again the Church tried to set out appropriate actions . |
| 25 | The marchioness had set out early , announcing she was going to visit friends near Yellowmead Down . |
| 26 | Here it might have been wise for Parliament to have set out a comprehensive code staking out the borderline between the demands of a fair trial and those of a free press whenever a contempt was committed through the medium of a particular case . |
| 27 | ‘ Whatever money can buy this show has set out to buy , ’ wrote John Thompson in the Daily Express . |
| 28 | In Roirbak 's laboratory wing , Ari was watching a movie too , though of a slightly different nature to any Roirbak had set out for Nathan 's entertainment . |
| 29 | This is not a clear path to Maastricht that the Prime Minister has set out . |
| 30 | Pearl 's invitation to tender set out several important objectives . |