Example sentences of "the [noun] set about " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the people as a whole , therefore , the destruction of the Temple and the exile to Babylon came to be viewed as a dramatic realization of these doom prophecies , and proof of the absolute power of the jealous God Yahweh , and — harnessing these concepts to their own pragmatic ends — the exiles set about ridding themselves of all impurity in an effort to regain his favour . |
| 2 | Following the return to work , the Banks set about introducing Lunch-time Opening . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So the mandarins set about finding an alternative . |
| 5 | But having been once rebuffed , the Scandinavians set about collecting more evidence . |
| 6 | So the girls set about phoning potential and existing clients and wrapping up the business . |
| 7 | In the Corridor and those areas ceded to Poland before the plebiscite , the Poles set about a land reform and began expropriation procedures , to dispossess German farmers of land and homes . |
| 8 | The Sheriff , Mr. Truelock , was called and with two of the men set about the work of destruction . |
| 9 | The ignorance with which the outsiders set about overturning a perfectly satisfactory agricultural economy at Axholme suggests parallels with the notorious ground-nut scheme instigated in East Africa in the late 1940s . |
| 10 | By 0800 hours , most of the repair shops are humming as the tradesmen set about their various repair tasks . |