Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv prt] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | How schools set about developing the statutory orders in the context of whole — curriculum policies represents a significant challenge for leadership and , not the least in primary schools , the strategies adopted by headteachers . |
2 | The Truman Administration had already been forced by Congress to end Lend-Lease ; many of the joint boards set up to co-ordinate the Anglo-American war effort were summarily dismantled ; and , although the Combined Policy Committee and the Combined Development Trust survived , the flow of technical information , on which Britain was depending to set up her own atomic establishments , began to dry up . |
3 | Four horses and riders set out to complete the cross-country course , although only three must finish to score . |
4 | Begun under the Labour government of Mr David Lange and his Finance Minister , Mr ( now Sir ) Roger Douglas , the reforms set about dismantling the generous subsidies to farming , New Zealand 's largest industry . |
5 | On the night of the attack , Jordan and Corporal Bourmont each with four men set off to raid the two airfields at Derna . |
6 | Darwin and his followers set out to explain the global distribution of animals and plants by postulating a complex sequence of migrations limited by geographical barriers . |