Example sentences of "set out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kiff set out to make an image of a man writing . |
| 2 | Despite the minimalist parameters for the new channel set out in the Broadcasting Act , in profound contrast to the remit of Channel Four when it began a decade ago , we want to make an issue of the new Channel . |
| 3 | Sow the seeds in a propagator at 64°F ( 19°C ) in Feb/March , and set out young plants in the garden in late May , or after the last likely frosts in your area . |
| 4 | In the remainder of this chapter I will explore some of the ambiguities and problems which face those who set out to research the police and assess some of the fears of the academic incursion into police society . |
| 5 | Ditton ( 1979 ) was said to have carried out ‘ a unique situational ethnography in a bakery ’ , when he set out to assess fiddling ; while Holdaway ( 1979 , 1982 , 1983 ) has pursued aspects of police culture , using his previous insider 's knowledge to peel away some of the layers of obfuscation . |
| 6 | Such an insider 's account will therefore hopefully achieve the ‘ finer grain and detail ’ MacDonald ( 1987 ) demanded of postmodern ‘ anthropology at home ’ , while ‘ practical mastery ’ of the ethnographic field should reduce the problems faced by McCabe and Sutcliffe ( 1978 ) , who set out to pursue participant observation on the police and found that ‘ it would be necessary for anyone wishing to fully understand the process of policing to take into account the difficulties in gaining access and an understanding of just what was going on ’ . |
| 7 | In a seminal article , Pocock ( 1973 ) set out parameters for a personal anthropology . |
| 8 | For Jeanne Favret-Saada ( 1980 ) , who set out to study witchcraft in the French Bocage , the only means of moving in on the discourse she hoped to understand was to become part of it . |
| 9 | As a uniform constable , my boundaries were very clearly demarcated and my peers in the city centre division set out the parameters of my social reality . |
| 10 | He set out at ten ; he viewed as many houses as possible , trudged across miles of fitted carpet and sanded floors , exchanged weary smiles with anxious vendors . |
| 11 | Originating at Edinburgh Waverley the Royal Scotsman set out to make stately progress through the mountains and glens of the Scottish Highlands , with a package of sightseeing visits to ancient castles and gardens , country houses and distilleries in store for its well-heeled patrons . |
| 12 | Since it was his turn at the sharp end , Mick set out on what we thought would be the crux of the route . |
| 13 | I joined a small group of three Germans , a Dutchman and an American who , with a young interpreter and a terrifyingly fit-looking guide from Kiev , set out for Europe 's icy crown at four o'clock one morning last July . |
| 14 | The MBA do a superlative job maintaining these simple buildings , and set out a clear set of guidelines for their useage . |
| 15 | Pound in this passage recollects how , late in the war , he set out with borrowed boots and haversack from Rome , already doomed to fall to the advancing Allied armies , for the Italo-Austrian domicile of his natural daughter , Mary , and how , hiking and hitch-hiking , he encountered much kindness from Germans and Italians alike . |
| 16 | Like many young American composers he studied with Nadia Boulanger , but after 1925 set out to achieve the ‘ discipline of spontaneity ’ which he found in Stein 's writings . |
| 17 | The first step will come next week when Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , uses the Conservative Party conference at Blackpool to reaffirm his commitment to changing the NHS and set out a justification for the forthcoming legislation . |
| 18 | Yet his claims for Ultra , which he originally set out in his book The Ultra Secret , sometimes sound overwrought . |
| 19 | Neil Kinnock , the Labour leader , set out education , transport , science and research as key priorities for the party 's programme in government in his speech to the conference on Tuesday . |
| 20 | Further the test set out in Hitchcock v WB and FEB ( 1952 ) 2 QB 561 had been replaced by the test in Re W which set out all that any judge needed to do in making a decision . |
| 21 | Accompanied by his close friend the German geographer Hermann von Wissmann , he set out from the port of Mukalla and visited the cities of Shibam , Saywun and Tarim , closely studying the society and minutely describing the topography , geology , flora and fauna of the valley . |
| 22 | Warrington set out to contain Widnes in their own half and pressure them into mistakes , and met with early success on both counts . |
| 23 | JOE STRUMMER Last summer the former Clash singer set out on the fairly unequivocal ‘ Rock Against The Rich ’ tour , where he sounded pretty fed up about everything . |
| 24 | Codes of practice set out by bodies such as the RYA to avoid the effects of contaminated waterways are all very well , but should n't we be taking direct action upon the problem itself — rather than making the best of a bad job ? |
| 25 | A fortnight after he arrived at Cuddesdon his father set out in the car from Cambridge to Stamford . |
| 26 | Quite suddenly she felt a generous relief , as though she 'd given science and herself new hope of heaven , and set out through the gathering dark , home , home across the dragon-haunted park . |
| 27 | So one set out with a policy of having good human relations and my friendship with Marcus Sieff ( now president of Marks $ Spencer ) dating back to 1953 has also had an influence . |
| 28 | On a tray , set out a matching teapot , milk jug and sugar bowl . |
| 29 | By 10 minutes to 12 everything was ready for the bazaar , so Amanda set out for home , tingling with a mixture of excitement and fear . |
| 30 | When one sees that it was this snobbery which he set out to attack , it is possible to understand why he set about the delicate problem of pain in so breezy a fashion . |