Example sentences of "sights set on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what advice would he pass on to any young person with their sights set on a career in industry ? |
| 2 | — And even if he has got his sights set on Bella 's money , I 'll fix that . |
| 3 | Kylie however has her sights set on another star , and another decade , the 1940s . |
| 4 | ‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out . |
| 5 | Hightown also have their sights set on a double — they have already retained their national indoor title and are intent on securing a place in Europe . |
| 6 | Rio Tinto has bought into all the mines only in the past few years ; and it has its sights set on expansion . |
| 7 | After those championships she has her sights set on a more demanding six-day track event in Australia ; she set a world best for 538 miles at the equivalent event in 1990 . |
| 8 | The Welsh skipper , who underwent surgery on November 10 to cure a hernia problem , has his sights set on a January 4 return against St Helens in an Alliance League fixture . |
| 9 | As he points out , the idea ( and a lot of the lines ) for ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ were around before Mister C. And The Shamen had long had their sights set on the charts . |
| 10 | ELTON John 's manager has his sights set on Hollywood . |
| 11 | It is a system with sights set on a preordained ‘ historical ’ task , to be realised by ‘ scientific ’ means . |
| 12 | But it is looking to grow by 20% each year , its sights set on overtaking arch-rival Computer Associates International Inc — presently three times its size — and taking the number three position by 1997 . |
| 13 | With its sights set on the worldwide Keno Gaming market , AWA Gaming Systems has announced the release of Kenix , a Concurrent Computer Corp , real-time Unix-based version of the computer system driving the popular gambling game Club Keno . |
| 14 | Carl Llewellyn , again riding Party Politics , has his sights set on Red Rum 's record of three Grand National victories . |
| 15 | In this tale , two weeds grew on a river bank ; one of them conserved its energy , and grew low and small and brown , with its sights set on a long life , while the other put forth all its strength into growing tall and into colouring itself a beautiful green . |
| 16 | Your uncle must be years and years older than she is , and anyway , I rather gathered she 'd got her sights set on some fellow whose name she would n't tell me . |
| 17 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 18 | The only exception to this rule was Uncle Jack , who clearly had his sights set on several more whiskies when Charlotte insisted , at Ursula 's request , on driving him to the station and seeing him aboard the London train . |
| 19 | Women sailors who might not have their sights set on such lofty goals — or , for that matter , those who have — will be interested in a seminar about women 's sailing to be held in February . |
| 20 | So it was that in 1932 , James took the journey from the colony to the metropolis with his sights set on becoming a novelist . |
| 21 | With regret I decided it was too risky for a party of cadets to accompany me — any way the island boys had their sights set on the night life of Fort William . |
| 22 | Almost 800 schools throughout Great Britain and Ireland will have their sights set on a visit to St. Andrews in May for the International final of the Golf Foundation Team Championship for schools . |
| 23 | Traditionally these courses are for the more able , particularly those with their sights set on higher education . |
| 24 | But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer ? |
| 25 | ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series . |
| 26 | Ambitious politicians with their sights set on Downing Street probably make lousy husbands but the likes of Norma Major , Rosemary Lamont somehow cope . |
| 27 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 28 | Now Steve has his sights set on winning the European championships for England , being held on home territory in September . |