Example sentences of "[noun pl] set out [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message is even more explicit in The Four Just Men ( 1939 ) , a tale of derring-do in which some chaps set out to warn the nation of a demonic plan to destroy the British Empire , leaving world domination in one man 's hands . |
| 2 | For each key stage , programmes of study are to be drawn up specifying what pupils of different abilities are to be taught in each subject , and attainment targets set out specifying the knowledge , skills and understanding that they are expected to have acquired by the end of the stage . |
| 3 | The three new studies set out to examine the problem in more detail . |
| 4 | In America and Britain , even to some extent in Germany , think-tanks set out to influence the government . |
| 5 | Thousands of years ago , when the first sailors set out to explore the world , there were no such things as maps and compasses . |