Example sentences of "and set out [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land .
2 ( 5 ) Wherever , in ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above , the order requires one or other court to consider whether it ought to try the case or whether it ought to transfer it ( pursuant to the powers of transfer under ss 40(2) , 41(1) or 42(2) of the 1984 Act ) that court must have regard to the criteria laid down in art 7(5) and set out at the start of Chapter 13 .
3 A man must take up his pilgrim 's staff and set out on the farthest journey of all towards the very horizons of thought and dwell there always .
4 Within six months , however , he had left the Party and set out on the road that led to the formation of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 .
5 In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons .
6 The two exiles fall in together and set out on the adventure of becoming a suburban couple .
7 In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York .
8 With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory .
9 He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse .
10 Overwhelmed by her publicity , Amaranth finished her breakfast , and set out for the Grand and Harvey , doing her very best to subdue a worm of doubt .
11 I parked my car at around midday and set out towards the Press tent .
12 Randolph , smiling from ear to ear , quickly dressed into warm clothes and set out towards the toy factory .
13 Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river .
14 So the next morning at dawn the poor wife took her baby in her arms and set out along the shore .
15 At two o'clock Wycliffe collected the dead man 's keys from the duty officer and set out along the wharf .
16 When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home .
17 I watched as Norman handled the rope with competent familiarity , and set out up the centre of the slab .
18 Quite suddenly she felt a generous relief , as though she 'd given science and herself new hope of heaven , and set out through the gathering dark , home , home across the dragon-haunted park .
19 If you have a grievance relating to your employment , please refer to the procedure agreed by the Council and set out in the document attached to this statement of particulars .
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