Example sentences of "set out [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 | I never really consciously set out to do war photography ; I set out to do political photography , international politics and a lot of that revolves around conflict . |
| 7 | Thus some northern textile firms set out to hire black workers because white workers will not work shifts for the kind of wages paid . |
| 8 | They set out to make sweeping historical epics but all they can come up with are mini-series with no ad breaks . |
| 9 | On first returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives set out to make piecemeal adjustments to the social security system . |
| 10 | When we set out to tell other people the truth by saying things , what we actually do is to say not what we believe , but what we believe we believe — which , as Freud and others have taught us , is n't always the same thing . |
| 11 | Both founders came from publishing backgrounds ( she from Collins and he from Michael Bond 's Paddington & Company ) , and they set out to develop new market niches , through licensing book related characters and properties — such as Beatrix Potter 's Peter Rabbit , Michael Bond 's Paddington Bear and Jill Barklem 's Brambly Hedge — and through widening the merchandise beyond toys , particularly into the gift trade . |
| 12 | The following sections therefore set out to identify key issues which should be borne in mind when designing job control systems to suit the organisation and individual assignment . |
| 13 | After Stead 's appointment , the RCM deliberately set out to become broad church . |
| 14 | Seth had not set out to break word-count records . |
| 15 | 1990 ) sets out to give detailed help to the teacher on how this kind of work can be begun in schools . |
| 16 | In short , no book which sets out to analyse modern occultism can afford to avoid this new movement . |
| 17 | Since the test requires a knowledge of single words , but sets out to assess syntactical knowledge independently of vocabulary , a separate list of the words used is included . |
| 18 | This is set in Ulster and sets out to depict ordinary people getting on with their lives . |
| 19 | The new product matrix sets out to present complex information with clarity . |
| 20 | It sets out to question existing policies and services , not as an end in itself , but in terms of their adequacy as means of distributing resources . |
| 21 | ICL 's Technology sets out to bring new DRS Unix systems to the mass market with telesales |
| 22 | In preparation for 1992 , when European trade barriers will be removed , the Robert Schuman Institute of Journalism is setting out to dissolve cultural barriers and unite students from all over Europe . |
| 23 | Groups across America are sending more and more humanitarian aid , deliberately setting out to challenge official American policy . |
| 24 | Perhaps it will be suggested that there is an incoherence in setting out to have partly false beliefs , but that there is no similar incoherence in setting out to have emotional conflict and even a certain amount of chaos in one 's behaviour . |
| 25 | These were undertaken in a fundamental research program that set out to compare various models proposed for a CAD system . |
| 26 | While he believed that football had grown too complex to be a mere ‘ director 's hobby ’ , Chapman set out to foster harmonious relations at the very top , by acting in a spirit of co-operation with his directors , keeping them fully informed of team matters , and taking their suggestions into account . |
| 27 | Ditton ( 1979 ) was said to have carried out ‘ a unique situational ethnography in a bakery ’ , when he set out to assess fiddling ; while Holdaway ( 1979 , 1982 , 1983 ) has pursued aspects of police culture , using his previous insider 's knowledge to peel away some of the layers of obfuscation . |
| 28 | It set out to demolish traditional thinking on ‘ public goods ’ and ‘ externalities ’ |
| 29 | It set out to predict likely demand for higher education until the end of the century , and to provide guidelines for meeting it . |
| 30 | Originating at Edinburgh Waverley the Royal Scotsman set out to make stately progress through the mountains and glens of the Scottish Highlands , with a package of sightseeing visits to ancient castles and gardens , country houses and distilleries in store for its well-heeled patrons . |