Example sentences of "set out [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for Land Travel said the company had not set out to mislead the public but when the non-smoking trip did not attract a full complement of passengers it ‘ consolidated ’ it with a smoking holiday . |
| 2 | De Gaulle had not set out to destroy the EEC , but to remould it in a more appropriate form , where the ‘ ambiguities ’ and ‘ mistakes ’ which he believed to be contained within the Treaty of Rome would be eliminated . |
| 3 | Do n't worry , stay calm and just set out to enjoy the experience . |
| 4 | Assuming that schools-industry liaison is a good thing and that schools should do more of it , the project team has set out to support the development of ‘ local solutions to local problems ’ , rather than prescribe a particular kind of development . |
| 5 | The organizations which have set out to improve the pay and conditions of farm workers are the agricultural trade unions . |
| 6 | This model particularly set out to explain the consolidation of the Gaullist regime in France after the Fifth French Republic was established with a strong president in 1958 , a change which inaugurated an unbroken dominance of French national politics by right-wing parties for over two decades . |
| 7 | Dialectical Theology thus set out to reverse the approach , and in particular to emphasise , first , the ‘ Godness of God ’ ; second , the reality of the Word of God in Jesus Christ ; third , the impossibility of building theology itself on any other foundation . |
| 8 | These were set out facing the way the explorer had gone so as to ensure a good view of him on his return . |
| 9 | Before the table Edward Hussey stood hunched in defensive composure , very plainly dressed — had he set out to demonstrate the modesty of his means ? — and with his countenance fixed in an expression of resigned and dutiful benevolence . |
| 10 | Roses clamber over arches , and hollies and beech hedges are strategically set out to tease the eye and multiply the number of views . |
| 11 | Weiss was Ritschl 's son-in-law , and had set out to investigate the theme of the kingdom of God in the synoptic gospels with a suspicion that it amounted to something rather different from what Ritschl had made of it . |
| 12 | They might have set out to reform the planning system , giving greater independence to public enterprises , establishing more effective accounting and regulation of economic performance , and also enlarging the share of medium- and small-scale private enterprise in production , trade and services ; in short , to move gradually towards a system of market socialism or to a mixed economy in which public ownership and planning would still have a substantial place . |
| 13 | The conditions of engagement of the valuer are set out indicating the nature of the service he will perform and , so far as relevant , state : |
| 14 | Robert Weiss , who has conducted a number of intensive studies of adult relationships , has set out to identify the provisions of different kinds of social ties . |
| 15 | Well I think it is impossible for anyone to totally avoid bringing in their own values into work that they 're doing to some extent , but I think it is possible to deliberately set out to involve the values of other people in the way that you carry out the work . |
| 16 | In the new museum , a series of exhibits was set out illustrating the geology of the various regions of the country . |
| 17 | The National Heritage Memorial Fund has also set out to encourage the creation of individual charitable trusts for such houses . |
| 18 | According to some commentators the Myanman military had set out to capture the Karens ' last two bases on the Thai border ( Manerplaw and Kawmoora ) by March 27 , the country 's Armed Forces Day . |