Example sentences of "set out for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 2 | The next time they are able to gather together enough courage to set out for the supermarket they may get only as far as point B before they have had enough , anticipating more extreme levels of anxiety if they continue . |
| 3 | On a number of occasions , I have been glad to set out for the hon. Member in response to his questions in the House detailed information about the contents of the computer records and how many are held on the system at any one time . |
| 4 | They had been about to set out for the main bridge when he had said : |
| 5 | ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen . |
| 6 | But they set out for the Town Hall none the less . |
| 7 | Inspired by the success of the excellent professional watercolourists of that time , many travellers set out for the Lakes with their sketching equipment , mirrors and paints . |
| 8 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 9 | Opposite him on one of the three tables set out for the lavish dinner was Prime Minister John Major . |
| 10 | We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh . |
| 11 | Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement . |
| 12 | as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness . |
| 13 | They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon . |
| 14 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 15 | And when three men turned back just below camp 4 because of bad weather Harry Taylor climbed on … and then set out for the summit on his own . |
| 16 | In many ways the CPVE conforms very closely to the goals originally set out for the GCSE . |
| 17 | Here are set out for the benefit of a person intending to become a candidate a few of the many matters which must be complied with in order that the candidature shall be declared valid by the returning officer . |
| 18 | Situations and characters to be portrayed can be set out for the learner on a worksheet . |
| 19 | A small table might be set out for the three bears ' breakfast with three sizes of chair , bowl and so on , together with three sizes of bear for the children to play with . |
| 20 | We were n't far away from the ruins of an old settlement , abandoned at the time of the dreadful Clearances by islanders who , driven by impossible conditions , bravely set out for the unknown territories of Canada to start their lives afresh . |
| 21 | A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land . |
| 22 | A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first . |
| 23 | This document sets out for the first time an integrated policy and management system , with the emphasis on continuous improvement . |
| 24 | Sir , I 'd like to bring your attention to erm a plan prepared by Partnership which is submitted as part of their evidence , which erm sets out for the south and southwest the er coalescence of existing settlements . |
| 25 | As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises . |
| 26 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |
| 27 | Harry Taylor , on the left , before setting out for the summit . |
| 28 | A handful of men , Karelius amongst them , set out for the far bank . |
| 29 | Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof . |
| 30 | Soon afterwards Chola and Mina set out for the hills to gather grass . |