Example sentences of "[conj] set out [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly any break is a disadvantage in a section that sets out to typify a whole division of geological time , but here it is worse , for one of those breaks is now thought ( at least by one eminent British palaeontologist ) to conceal the whole of the British Portlandian . |
| 2 | But you will not find any record that sets out to tell the chronological story to you . |
| 3 | Slid his unsocked feet into a pair of canvas loafers and set out to test a certain hypothesis . |
| 4 | Meredith , feeling quite pleased with herself , put on her anorak and set out to explore a little more of Pook 's Common . |
| 5 | He now bought the site on behalf of the British Museum and set out to find the temple . |
| 6 | We faced legal bills of £120,000 and set out to raise the majority of this money by public appeal , to save the magazine from the threat of extinction . |
| 7 | Two years ago , Betty bought a beginner 's quilling set and set out to make a card . |
| 8 | The drawing suggests the many factors that have to be taken into consideration when setting out to solve a problem . |