Example sentences of "set out [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of trying to change old attitudes we can set out to design new ones which are not descendants of the old ones . |
| 2 | The Alexander Technique does not set out to cure specific symptoms , but it does help to uncover and change those harmful and unconscious habit patterns which , all too often , are the underlying cause of a problem . |
| 3 | This is the limit of MPTN 's ambitions ; it specifically does not set out to enable dissimilar applications to communicate . |
| 4 | She did n't set out to uncover sexual shenanigans . |
| 5 | ‘ We must consciously set out to win new constituencies of support , ’ Mr Gould said in the same room where five hours earlier his opponent , Mr John Smith , mounted his own challenge . |
| 6 | Thus some northern textile firms set out to hire black workers because white workers will not work shifts for the kind of wages paid . |
| 7 | In Chemicals and the quality of life we set out to illustrate these achievements in the most effective way possible , consistent with prudent use of our members ' funds . |
| 8 | On first returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives set out to make piecemeal adjustments to the social security system . |
| 9 | Three Cleveland motorcyclists set out to ride 2,000 miles to the four compass points of mainland UK in aid of charity . |
| 10 | The following sections therefore set out to identify key issues which should be borne in mind when designing job control systems to suit the organisation and individual assignment . |
| 11 | Seth had not set out to break word-count records . |
| 12 | Gathering the soldiers around him , the Commanding Officer explained what he had set out to achieve two weeks ago . |
| 13 | This chapter sets out to explore some aspects of this paradox . |
| 14 | It is less disconcerting to tackle the Rugby Union Yearbook , a glossy new annual edited by Mick Cleary who sets out to offer more words and less statistics than the respected Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook . |
| 15 | It sets out to question existing policies and services , not as an end in itself , but in terms of their adequacy as means of distributing resources . |
| 16 | In preparation for 1992 , when European trade barriers will be removed , the Robert Schuman Institute of Journalism is setting out to dissolve cultural barriers and unite students from all over Europe . |
| 17 | In setting out to achieve such aims , an advertiser usually has to abide by a number of laws and codes of practice . |
| 18 | Labour opposed this measure and limited its impact , but on returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives , by reducing new expenditure on public housing , modifying the subsidy formula and encouraging rents to rise , set out to eliminate most subsidies to public housing . |
| 19 | In The Dieter 's Dilemma , William Bennett and Joel Gurin , two respected ( and thin ) science writers , set out to dispel these myths and to explain , with the help of science and common sense , why it 's virtually impossible to lose weight through dieting . |
| 20 | These were undertaken in a fundamental research program that set out to compare various models proposed for a CAD system . |
| 21 | While he believed that football had grown too complex to be a mere ‘ director 's hobby ’ , Chapman set out to foster harmonious relations at the very top , by acting in a spirit of co-operation with his directors , keeping them fully informed of team matters , and taking their suggestions into account . |
| 22 | As the inhabitants were to inform the men who set out to drain these wetlands in the seventeenth century , this flood brought with it ‘ a thick fatt water ’ . |
| 23 | After proper consultation and correction of the error , Raistrick set out to isolate active substances from Fleming 's mould . |
| 24 | The Education Act of 1870 set out to provide elementary schools for children up to a minimum age of ten throughout the country . |
| 25 | The lands around the Dnepr proved insecure from raids by another Asian tribe , the Pechenegs , and so the Magyars , under their chieftain , Duke Árpad , set out to find fresh territories . |
| 26 | Armed with sophisticated sensors to detect subtle chemical and microparticle changes that are known to occur annually , the GISP2 team set out to measure annual layers in the Summit ice core one at a time from the surface to the last glacial period some 18,000 years ago . |