Example sentences of "set [adv] [verb] [adj] " 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 | This would be in tune with the general desire of the council officials that we as researchers should not set about asking direct questions about incomer and Shetlander relations . |