Example sentences of "set out [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would expect no man , having come through that , to set out to march thirty odd miles to the Tay , this side of nightfall . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At risk of seeming a killjoy , I would urge readers to think through the implications of all home-made safety devices which set out to resolve some well-acknowledged safety problem only to create others of a less obvious by more hazardous nature . |
| 4 | I set out to put that right , but the harder I tried , the more I failed . ’ |
| 5 | They set out to make sweeping historical epics but all they can come up with are mini-series with no ad breaks . |
| 6 | With 104 paintings by seventy artists Olsen has set out to show that nineteenth-century Italian painting , as in the preceding centuries , reflected the political events of the time . |
| 7 | When an international gardening show like ‘ Floriade 1992 ’ sets out to draw 3.5 million visitors in 182 days ( until 11 October ) , it can not afford to give much leeway to the free play of nature . |
| 8 | Groups across America are sending more and more humanitarian aid , deliberately setting out to challenge official American policy . |
| 9 | When he came into office George Bush set out to make this national characteristic a centrepiece of his domestic policy , referring to ‘ a thousand points of light ’ . |
| 10 | Griffith set out to find some physical theory which would bridge this gap between theory and practice . |
| 11 | Mrs Lamport , of Harlsey Crescent , Hartburn , Stockton , became obsessed with her researches as she set out to trace 514 notable people named on the fan . |
| 12 | The AOI set out to change all that and has succeeded beyond anybody 's expectations , illustration in the UK is better in quality and greater in quantity and variety than in any other European country . |