Example sentences of "sets [adv] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other research sets out to explain a social phenomenon . |
| 2 | Clearly any break is a disadvantage in a section that sets out to typify a whole division of geological time , but here it is worse , for one of those breaks is now thought ( at least by one eminent British palaeontologist ) to conceal the whole of the British Portlandian . |
| 3 | The test sets out to assess a wide range of grammatical understanding , including grammatical categories such as noun , verb and adjective ; negatives ; singular and plural personal pronouns ; reversible active verbs ; personal pronouns ; singular and plural noun inflections ; comparative adjectives ; reversible passive sentences ; ‘ in'/ ‘ on ’ ; post-modified subjects ; ‘ X but not Y ’ constructions ; ‘ above'/ ‘ below ’ ; ‘ not only but also ’ constructions ; the relative clause ; ‘ neither X nor Y ’ and embedded sentences . |
| 4 | Bale Out by Ian Wright sets out to present a general background of historical information on the parachute and its evolution . |
| 5 | They also made such one-off comedies as The Green Man ( 1957 ) , in which a vacuum cleaner salesman sets out to prevent a sour-faced captain of industry from being blown up . |
| 6 | Bigoted detective sergeant Robert Spallen sets out to bring a notorious IRA terrorist to book . |
| 7 | LAMBS for live export could pose the biggest problem for the Scottish sheep industry as it sets out to establish a European Community approved national identification scheme before the July 1994 deadline . |