Example sentences of "sights set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he points out , the idea ( and a lot of the lines ) for ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ were around before Mister C. And The Shamen had long had their sights set on the charts . |
| 2 | With its sights set on the worldwide Keno Gaming market , AWA Gaming Systems has announced the release of Kenix , a Concurrent Computer Corp , real-time Unix-based version of the computer system driving the popular gambling game Club Keno . |
| 3 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 4 | With regret I decided it was too risky for a party of cadets to accompany me — any way the island boys had their sights set on the night life of Fort William . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series . |
| 6 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 7 | With its sights set against the established social and political order , it was further estranged from those newspapers which were able to participate in the reporting and gossip of metropolitan politics . |
| 8 | With our feet firmly on the ground and our sights set in the right direction . |