Example sentences of "set out [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The capital logic school of neo-Marxist theories ( sometimes also called the ‘ state derivation ’ approach ) set out to deduce the functional necessity of the state from analysis of the capitalist mode of production ( Altvater , 1973 ; Holloway and Picciotto , 1978 ) . |
| 32 | Clutching his head , Umberto set out to rouse the other grooms . |
| 33 | Baghdad , as in the bunker incident at Ameriyah , came in for rough treatment when Allied airpower set out to paralyse the Iraqi nerve centre in January 1991 . |
| 34 | He despatched the Hurricanes in three flights , each led by a Fulmar , while from Malta three Marylands and a Sunderland set out to meet the incoming formation and lead them in . |
| 35 | Just as bad was the passage of the retinue of Rigunth , as she set out to marry the Visigothic prince Reccared in 584 . |
| 36 | Acheson himself in the early months of 1950 set out to imbue the British and other members of Nato with a greater sense of urgency . |
| 37 | She was Tim 's first choice when he set out to find the perfect engagement ring for the woman he loved . |
| 38 | Fourthly , Mohamed Ali set out to modernise the Egyptian economy . |
| 39 | The US State Department , encouraged by the overthrow of the discredited Egyptian monarchy in 1952 , set out to woo the young army officers who had seized power . |
| 40 | Venables , 37 , with Brian Davison , aged 30 , and veteran British mountaineer Dick Renshaw , set out to attempt the 6,368 peak . |