Example sentences of "[conj] set out [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it 's one thing to say well , you know , perhaps these are women who take more exception than other women would do , but there comes a point where you have to accept , I think , that there 's going to be a shift of perspective , that what women have customarily put up with is no longer what they wish to put up and that I think we ought to be , as it were , acknowledged to have the right or the scope to say we want things to change , and to define or to set out in a process of defining what should be sexual appropriate sexual behaviour in future . |
| 2 | A beat that sets out for a destination may have to renavigate on the way or may even have to change destination . |
| 3 | It eventually showed fishermen preparing and setting out on a peaceful evening for a night 's work ; while they are at sea , a storm blows up . |
| 4 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 5 | ‘ I was going to show you the laconicum , ’ he said , and he turned and snuffed like a hound across the green , open bowl , and set out on a selected trail , nose to scent , heading obliquely for the complex of standing walls where several rooms of the ancient baths converged . |
| 6 | But Mr Clinton , 46 , was yesterday taking no chances and set out on a final round-the-clock trek to nine states before heading home today to cast his own vote . |
| 7 | But at last they reached the top and set out along a ridge under the clear blue sky , valleys running steeply to left and right of them . |
| 8 | These concessions , sealed and set out in a formal document , were notified to all bishops and sheriffs throughout the kingdom . |
| 9 | She arched her neck in delight as Travis 's lips left hers and set out in a heated exploration of the sensitive skin of her throat . |
| 10 | The European Court of Justice has convicted the British government of failing to meet minimum standards for nitrates in drinking water , as set out in an EC directive which came into force in 1980 . |
| 11 | When the bus started , they all crossed themselves , as I had seen nuns do in Ireland when setting out on a journey , however short . |