Example sentences of "[noun pl] set out [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message is even more explicit in The Four Just Men ( 1939 ) , a tale of derring-do in which some chaps set out to warn the nation of a demonic plan to destroy the British Empire , leaving world domination in one man 's hands . |
| 2 | Four horses and riders set out to complete the cross-country course , although only three must finish to score . |
| 3 | The three new studies set out to examine the problem in more detail . |
| 4 | Functional courses set out to list the purposes for which students might wish to use language , and then to teach them how to do so . |
| 5 | In America and Britain , even to some extent in Germany , think-tanks set out to influence the government . |
| 6 | Darwin and his followers set out to explain the global distribution of animals and plants by postulating a complex sequence of migrations limited by geographical barriers . |
| 7 | Thousands of years ago , when the first sailors set out to explore the world , there were no such things as maps and compasses . |