Example sentences of "set [pn reflx] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have set themselves hugely ambitious targets . |
| 2 | Possibly because BIS confines itself to activity in the academic , college and research libraries ( where most library instruction takes place ) , and the various committees have set themselves more specific tasks , BIS seems to be a more successful co-operative and co-ordinating agency than LIRT . |
| 3 | The Bank sets itself exceptionally high standards that , inter alia , call for projects to deliver at least a 10% economic rate of return . |
| 4 | Has Mr Giuliani , a former federal prosecutor , set himself equally lofty goals ? |
| 5 | The multiculturalist and antiracist initiatives in education that emerged in the 1980s set themselves extraordinarily difficult tasks . |