Example sentences of "set out [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few years ago , John Cook and I set out to examine this effect quantitatively . |
| 2 | We set out to carry this out and passed through our old rendezvous on route . |
| 3 | When I set out to write this story I thought that it would primarily show how scientists come up with ideas , design a strategy to test them , carry out the experiments , share experiences and attempt to replicate claimed discoveries , thereby establishing new natural phenomena . |
| 4 | The Conservative government has set out to achieve this by selling council houses and also by attempting to widen share ownership . |
| 5 | As its title indicates , Principles of Literary Criticism sets out to remedy this deficiency , by developing a systematic theoretical framework within which criticism can be properly conducted . |
| 6 | Poulantzas frankly sets out to ameliorate this condition with an interpretation which will accommodate the state 's ability to curb as well as foster the interests of a ruling class while remaining true to the fundamental tenets of Marxism . |
| 7 | These are my conclusions now : I never set out to do this when I was twenty or fifteen , but I realise , after many years , that this was fundamentally what I was aiming to do . |
| 8 | Julia set out to test this hypothesis . |
| 9 | Ford set out to see this cynosure and found Her so wrapped and swaddled in lace robes and veiling that he could see no trace of figure or countenance . |
| 10 | In 1987 the Shared Earth Trust took over the management of the farm and set out to reverse this process , establishing a long term programme to develop Denmark Farm as a haven for wildlife and a genetic bank from which wildlife species will be able to spread out and recolonise the surrounding countryside when future agricultural policies make this possible . |
| 11 | In the early 1980s NACAB set out to address this issue through a major Classification Research Project , first in collaboration with the British Library , and then with the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 12 | When he came into office George Bush set out to make this national characteristic a centrepiece of his domestic policy , referring to ‘ a thousand points of light ’ . |
| 13 | sweet and fruity Banish all thoughts of guilt at once and set out to make this a summer of indulgence . |
| 14 | The employers saw this as an opportunity to ensure the complete destruction of trade unionism and , between 1877 and 1922 , set out to achieve this aim . |