Example sentences of "set about [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Caton repeated some earlier experiments on the electro-physiology of nerve and muscle preparations , and then set about recording from the exposed surface of the brain .
2 It is simply and solely a political problem which politicians , political parties and Governments must set about solving through the political process .
3 As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications .
4 He set about struggling through the narrow window , one hand clutching the Champagne by its neck .
5 Rather nearer to his employer 's family seat were the marshes of the Wealdmoors , just north of Telford and Wellington in Shropshire , which Loch set about draining with a will .
6 I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead .
7 Since 12 drawings do n't make a show , I borrowed the title The Non-Objective World , from Malevich and set about preparing for an exhibition of lesser-known artists of the early period ( 1914–24 ) .
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