Example sentences of "[adv] set out [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may merely set out to determine the main policies in the areas in which we are interested . |
| 2 | Jefferson had obviously set out to design the ultimate high-tech putter and had , to a great extent , succeeded . |
| 3 | ‘ It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need and not what they want — but few know what they want , and very few what they need , ’ Reith had pronounced . |
| 4 | Here was this young creature , beautiful and restless , married to a man almost old enough to be her grandfather , and apparently setting out to make the very best of it , too , with no signs of regret or self-pity ; but the prospect of having a girl of her own age in the house , even for a few days , might well matter to her a great deal more than the extension and acceptance of a mere conventional politeness . |
| 5 | Do n't worry , stay calm and just set out to enjoy the experience . |
| 6 | Dialectical Theology thus set out to reverse the approach , and in particular to emphasise , first , the ‘ Godness of God ’ ; second , the reality of the Word of God in Jesus Christ ; third , the impossibility of building theology itself on any other foundation . |
| 7 | He may deliberately set out to corner the market , but do so by buying at legitimate market prices . |
| 8 | Well I think it is impossible for anyone to totally avoid bringing in their own values into work that they 're doing to some extent , but I think it is possible to deliberately set out to involve the values of other people in the way that you carry out the work . |
| 9 | First , it deliberately sets out to extend the North 's horizons and raise its sights , believing thus that is internal vision will expand . |
| 10 | The National Heritage Memorial Fund has also set out to encourage the creation of individual charitable trusts for such houses . |
| 11 | At the same time , some smart security companies have wised up and realized that such people are bad for business and they have duly set out to recruit the New Bouncer , who is trained to smile and defuse , rather than scowl and disembowel . |
| 12 | The act really sets out to control the computer users who have information on all of us , or on individuals generally , and their servants or agents , their employees and so on , it does n't set out to control these third parties . |
| 13 | But Time , having initially gone for the throat , was now setting out to complete the job . |
| 14 | Cautiously setting out to explore the many winding canyons debouching from their landing point , a host of nightmarish apparitions greet their progress . |
| 15 | BOTH Yeovil and Altrincham have dispatched League opposition 15 times but TODAY set out to settle the argument as to which non-League outfit 's record was , in fact , the more impressive . |
| 16 | This model particularly set out to explain the consolidation of the Gaullist regime in France after the Fifth French Republic was established with a strong president in 1958 , a change which inaugurated an unbroken dominance of French national politics by right-wing parties for over two decades . |
| 17 | Federalists and functionalists alike regarded it as a great achievement and a decisive breakthrough in the fight for a united Europe , and immediately set out to make the new body a more effective organ of integration than was apparent in its charter . |
| 18 | If any benefit is to be derived from statistical analysis , it is important to define the nature of the problem and then set out to find the most appropriate way of solving it . |
| 19 | In March 1306 , Robert Bruce was crowned King of Scotland at Scone , so King Edward I again set out to meet the challenge but on the sands of the Solway , he died aged 68 , on 7th . |
| 20 | Roses clamber over arches , and hollies and beech hedges are strategically set out to tease the eye and multiply the number of views . |
| 21 | We must therefore set out to discover the sources of our common knowledge of stiffness and to define strain , stress and their relation . |
| 22 | About 6 years ago we therefore set out to raise the image of Washroom with the hope of protecting our customer base in difficult times and to generally increase sales . |