Example sentences of "set out [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year in Florence and the poetry of Dante have inspired him to set out to understand the influences in his life and work . |
| 2 | Whereas the Third Republic did set out to improve the aesthetic education of these citizens , the modern welfare State offers them the bread and circuses of culture as spectacle and entertainment . |
| 3 | Though in our recent study of Adoption Allowances which involved many older children we did not set out to test the issues under discussion , nevertheless some of the 52 children we interviewed maintained a link with a member of the original family whilst in the case of a few others a ‘ clean break ’ approach was followed by agencies . |
| 4 | Therefore , Hegel suggests , I — the jealous one — may set out to destroy the person in whom my ‘ self-hood ’ resides . |
| 5 | You did n't set out to drive a car without knowing where the clutch is and what it does . |
| 6 | They did n't set out to kill the children . |
| 7 | The accreditation test , which should be available by April 1994 , will set out to assess the representatives ' practical skills , their belief in the primacy of their professional duty to their clients and their knowledge of law and procedure . |
| 8 | In other words , the choreographer should set out to create a particular style for the whole dance design , yet within it be free to vary the way of performing a step without breaking away from or distorting the overall rhythmic quality and phrasing of his enchaînements . |
| 9 | In what is regarded as a make-or-break move for his political career , Mr Lamont will set out to demonstrate a clear route out of recession while underlining the Government 's clamp on public spending . |
| 10 | ‘ Did you set out to hurt the children in any way ? ’ |
| 11 | In the Discourse of the Common Weal Smith ( to whom it is now attributed ) did not set out to delineate the structure of society , but rather to present and analyse the responses of the four main economic interests in the community to the crisis of the late 1540s . |
| 12 | A testator would not set out to establish a trust , or to confirm his will in trust form , hoping that in details his intention would take precedence over his words : the civil law already coped with these problems , and the law of trusts was able to follow rather than lead . |
| 13 | I did n't deliberately set out to become an insomniac , but such an attitude fits into the general anorexic pattern , and should be seen as a part of it . |
| 14 | We may merely set out to determine the main policies in the areas in which we are interested . |
| 15 | It is likely that he will set out to make a deal with the aborigines , offering compensation in return for legislation that clarifies their rights over land . |
| 16 | ‘ I did not set out to make a fool of you . |
| 17 | But it was the knowledge that he 'd deliberately set out to make a fool of her that wounded her the most . |
| 18 | ESPEW did not set out to make the printing trade a priority recruitment area . |
| 19 | We must therefore set out to discover the sources of our common knowledge of stiffness and to define strain , stress and their relation . |
| 20 | But I do n't set out to impose a cathartic experience on my readers . |
| 21 | He may deliberately set out to corner the market , but do so by buying at legitimate market prices . |
| 22 | The intention was that we should set out to count the big sales first . |
| 23 | I ca n't say I set out to do a ‘ cut and sew ’ jacket . |
| 24 | After arrival at the capital of Reykjavik we watched in some trepidation as our heavily laden Landrover was swung out on a derrick and deposited on the quay , but all went well and as soon as we had cleared customs we set out to take a look at this bright little capital city . |
| 25 | Causation or some of it might have come to an end just when I set out to snuff the candles , or never existed . |
| 26 | MERSEYSIDE Olympic hero Chris Boardman today set out to spearhead a new drive for better health in the region . |
| 27 | Hencke , an organist in the German town of Hildesheim , published a book which set out to describe a secret of nature which the author had recently discovered . |
| 28 | BOTH Yeovil and Altrincham have dispatched League opposition 15 times but TODAY set out to settle the argument as to which non-League outfit 's record was , in fact , the more impressive . |
| 29 | The three new studies set out to examine the problem in more detail . |
| 30 | It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots . |