Example sentences of "[noun] set himself the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tallis sets himself the task of showing that much of the structuralist and poststructuralist enterprise is based on a misreading of Saussure . |
| 2 | A few weeks later when it came to the 1985 Budget , Nigel set himself the same goal . |
| 3 | The author sets himself the lofty task of presenting the reader with a balanced description of the entire field through fermentation , microbial metabolism , copolymer composition control , to solid state physical properties and biodegradation . |
| 4 | Trotsky set himself the dangerous task of explaining how not only the state but also the Party had come to be excessively bureaucratized . |
| 5 | Nor can the counsellor set himself the task of dealing exclusively with one area . |