Example sentences of "[num] [pers pn] set out " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well . |
| 2 | As long ago as 1985 we set out our intention to remove students ' general entitlement to certain benefits . |
| 3 | Between five and six we set out . |
| 4 | In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country . |
| 5 | On 9 November 1984 I set out for consultation a list of branded drugs which would no longer be prescribed under the health service . |
| 6 | She did n't know at the time that some day she would call herself ‘ artist ’ or ‘ writer ’ — not many teenage coloured girls from the Gorbals in Glasgow had trailblazed a path in that direction , so it was a real exploration into the unknown for her when at sixteen she set out to go to college to study fashion . |
| 7 | In Chapter 6 we set out a dual-route model of reading aloud , distinguishing between a lexical procedure and a non-lexical procedure for converting print to speech . |
| 8 | According to Boswell , ‘ Between twelve and one we set out , and travelled eleven miles , through a wild country , till we came to a house in Glenmorison [ the modern spelling adds a ‘ t ’ — Glenmoriston : Johnson calls it Glenmollison ] called Anoch , kept by a McQueen . ’ |
| 9 | In Chapter 15 we set out the basic case for allowing free markets to allocate resources . |
| 10 | In Chapter Four I set Out some of the reasons why conferences and other big events are held . |
| 11 | When Eligius became bishop of Noyon in 641 he set out to find the bones of the martyr Quentin . |
| 12 | In 1669 he was first approached by the French statesman J. B. Colbert , and in December 1682 he set out for France , having been commissioned by Colbert to plan and construct the fountains at Versailles . |