Example sentences of "to set out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick . |
| 2 | One of the polarisations which took place has centred on the question of whether management development should be focused on the provision of specific tools/skills for managers ( a competency model ? ) — or whether it would be more appropriate to set out along a more generic path which emphasised the attitudinal and interpersonal aspects of management . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal then [ 1992 ] 3 W.L.R. 9 , 18–19 , set out its own opinion on the matter , which it is convenient now to set out at length : |
| 4 | It 's a dangerous operation to set out on . |
| 5 | You are about to set out on an interesting and formative experience , something that is likely to have a major impact on your life . |
| 6 | After only four months at home , Leopold decided to set out on another , longer tour , this time to Paris and London . |
| 7 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 8 | And if he had to set out on this nonsensical journey to the Fire Court with the Humans , it would be as well to just stock up a bit for his return . |
| 9 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 10 | I think it will a long way , but you 're quite to draw it to us , and to ask us to set out on that road . |
| 11 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 12 | The next time they are able to gather together enough courage to set out for the supermarket they may get only as far as point B before they have had enough , anticipating more extreme levels of anxiety if they continue . |
| 13 | On a number of occasions , I have been glad to set out for the hon. Member in response to his questions in the House detailed information about the contents of the computer records and how many are held on the system at any one time . |
| 14 | They had been about to set out for the main bridge when he had said : |
| 15 | I just wanted to set out for you we do n't agree with the assessment on landscape impact on the A sixty four south . |
| 16 | Railway transition curves are usually related to the velocity cubed — a cubic curve is comparatively easy to set out with a theodolite . |
| 17 | He was to set out with the three French patrols , drive the hundred-odd miles to the Gabes Gap and pass through it as quickly as possible to create confusion in the enemy rear areas . |
| 18 | She loved Simon ; too much to set out with him in that way — two pawns in a combinazione , a deal , even if partly his own . |
| 19 | But if not that , then many critics would like to be dictators of literature , to regulate the past , and to set out with quiet authority the future direction of the art . |
| 20 | Once again , the object is to set out with precision the circumstances in which the partners can remove an offending colleague without the need to seek a dissolution of the firm . |
| 21 | For some years schemes have existed to encourage teachers to set out like Victorian missionaries to explore the strange and wild territory of industry and to convert its leaders to an acceptance of the virtues of education . |
| 22 | What I have tried to set out in the last few pages is an understanding of ‘ meaning theism ’ which embraces a rather larger area than Ayer allows for . |
| 23 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |
| 24 | Little for that matter did I believe that this experience was to be the start of a whole new direction in my life , the lessons of which I have attempted to set out in this book . |
| 25 | But there are two reasons why it is advisable to set out in full the reasons and facts upon which the appeal is based . |
| 26 | It is unnecessary for the purposes of this judgment to set out in any detail the content of these articles : it is sufficient to say that they question the propriety of certain investments made by the council of moneys in its superannuation fund , with Mr. Bookbinder as the prime mover , in three deals with Mr. Oyston or companies controlled by him . |
| 27 | For the purposes of this judgment it is unnecessary to set out in detail the concerns felt by the local authority about the placement of the four children with the foster mother . |
| 28 | Lord Roskill 's comment on Reg. v. Lawrence is , however , not the only difficulty presented by his speech in Reg. v. Morris , but before I consider other difficulties it is necessary to set out in short form the facts of the two cases considered in that speech . |
| 29 | For some assignments with less experienced clients it will be appropriate to set out in detail and at some length the scope of the MAS and KPMG involvement at each stage ; for more experienced clients a shorter approach may be appropriate . |
| 30 | For some assignments with less experienced clients it will be appropriate to set out in detail and at some length the scope of the MAS and KPMG involvement at each stage . |