Example sentences of "[pers pn] sets out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She sets out before the sun , driving a team of horses which pull her soft blue chariot up from the depths of the ocean , and shows her brother the way to rise .
2 That sets out the growth of the savings and which it contains in the report with paragraph and appendix reference numbers on them and it sets out for each of the groups , their proposed budgets .
3 IT SETS out to be a film depicting immense human courage amid the horrific squalor of life in Calcutta 's slums .
4 It sets out in some detail the means of complying with each of the eight principles that underpin the Data Protection Act .
5 Waving his cheque book for $10 000 ( ready to Day to anyone who can produce convincing psychic phenomena ) he sets out on the exposure trail .
6 Now he sets out on the second stage of the journey , with Sarai , his childless wife , and his nephew Lot .
7 He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again .
8 He sets out with three members of the Club , Tupman , Snodgrass , and Winkle , to observe the world and record their adventures .
9 The Scot will be in good company when he sets out with the early starters among the 70 survivors today .
10 He needs this , particularly if he sets out to be a novelist .
11 If a professional binder is employed , make very sure that he is what he sets out to be and has all the qualities of sensitive craftsmanship the work demands .
12 When he sets out from Rivendell Boromir blows his horn , the family heirloom , and is rebuked by Elrond for doing so ; but he takes no notice .
13 Nevertheless he faces a huge step up when he sets out from Chester in 123rd position in a race that will decide the final destination of the FIA World Rally Championship , which must go to either France 's Didier Auriol , or Carlos Sainz of Spain , or to last year 's RAC winner Juha Kankkunen .
14 This is obviously related to Foucault 's analysis of the genealogy of the disciplinary society , a society of surveillance and control , which he sets out in his book Discipline and Punish , and to his argument that power proceeds not in the traditional model of sovereignty ( that is negatively , ‘ thou shalt not ’ ) but through administering and fostering life ( that is positively , ‘ you must ’ ) .
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