Example sentences of "[pron] set out [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set out to put that right , but the harder I tried , the more I failed . ’ |
| 2 | A few years ago , John Cook and I set out to examine this effect quantitatively . |
| 3 | I never really consciously set out to do war photography ; I set out to do political photography , international politics and a lot of that revolves around conflict . |
| 4 | When I set out to write this story I thought that it would primarily show how scientists come up with ideas , design a strategy to test them , carry out the experiments , share experiences and attempt to replicate claimed discoveries , thereby establishing new natural phenomena . |
| 5 | At risk of seeming a killjoy , I would urge readers to think through the implications of all home-made safety devices which set out to resolve some well-acknowledged safety problem only to create others of a less obvious by more hazardous nature . |
| 6 | In short , no book which sets out to analyse modern occultism can afford to avoid this new movement . |
| 7 | The 62-page report , which sets out to establish both market share information by vendor and key trends , attempts to pinpoint where the real opportunities lie and provides some nifty competitive data . |
| 8 | It is less disconcerting to tackle the Rugby Union Yearbook , a glossy new annual edited by Mick Cleary who sets out to offer more words and less statistics than the respected Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook . |
| 9 | Mrs Lamport , of Harlsey Crescent , Hartburn , Stockton , became obsessed with her researches as she set out to trace 514 notable people named on the fan . |
| 10 | As the inhabitants were to inform the men who set out to drain these wetlands in the seventeenth century , this flood brought with it ‘ a thick fatt water ’ . |
| 11 | We set out to carry this out and passed through our old rendezvous on route . |
| 12 | In Chemicals and the quality of life we set out to illustrate these achievements in the most effective way possible , consistent with prudent use of our members ' funds . |
| 13 | When we set out to tell other people the truth by saying things , what we actually do is to say not what we believe , but what we believe we believe — which , as Freud and others have taught us , is n't always the same thing . |
| 14 | May I take the liberty of reminding the right hon. Gentleman of his relative 's famous quote in relation to his own personal position : that each man 's life is like a diary in which we set out to write one account and finish up writing something different and that our most humble moment comes when we compare what we have written with that which we intended to write . |
| 15 | They set out to make sweeping historical epics but all they can come up with are mini-series with no ad breaks . |
| 16 | Both founders came from publishing backgrounds ( she from Collins and he from Michael Bond 's Paddington & Company ) , and they set out to develop new market niches , through licensing book related characters and properties — such as Beatrix Potter 's Peter Rabbit , Michael Bond 's Paddington Bear and Jill Barklem 's Brambly Hedge — and through widening the merchandise beyond toys , particularly into the gift trade . |
| 17 | It sets out to do one job , and , within the limitations it sets itself , it does it well . |
| 18 | It sets out to question existing policies and services , not as an end in itself , but in terms of their adequacy as means of distributing resources . |
| 19 | Ditton ( 1979 ) was said to have carried out ‘ a unique situational ethnography in a bakery ’ , when he set out to assess fiddling ; while Holdaway ( 1979 , 1982 , 1983 ) has pursued aspects of police culture , using his previous insider 's knowledge to peel away some of the layers of obfuscation . |
| 20 | Mr Tholen is a man who can not resist a challenge and when , just before his 50th birthday , he was told he was too old to learn anything new , he set out to prove that theory wrong by learning to fly . |
| 21 | It set out to predict likely demand for higher education until the end of the century , and to provide guidelines for meeting it . |
| 22 | It set out to demolish traditional thinking on ‘ public goods ’ and ‘ externalities ’ |