Example sentences of "set about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was decided that Wordsworth should write the first book or canto of the tale , Coleridge the second , ‘ and which ever had done first , was to set about the third ’ . |
| 2 | However , the Junkers , instead of facing up to the industrial , economic and social changes that were sweeping Europe , preferred instead to set about the ruthless suppression of any and every gesture of sympathy for the French revolutionaries , and they took military action against the few tiny peeps of protest that emanated from Pomerania . |
| 3 | When the House of Lords rejected the Budget proposals of the Liberal government in 1909 , the response of that government was to set about the emasculation of the House of Lords . |
| 4 | A small group of Catenians from Redcar , Middlesbrough , Stockton and Yarm Circles formed a steering group to set about the task of bringing the Bishop 's idea into reality . |
| 5 | It might be that the individual does not see the value of climbing a mountain ; or perhaps does not have the confidence to set about the task . |
| 6 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , Britain 's early filmmakers set about the business of film production with some brio and not a little flair . |
| 8 | Having planted avenues and pleasure grounds around the house , he then set about the building of farms and the planting of woods . |
| 9 | The conservative think-tanks set about the prevailing wisdom on welfare policy at home , detente with Russia abroad . |
| 10 | You will be able to tackle and succeed in almost anything provided you set about the problem in the right way . |
| 11 | The tanks are directly connected to one another by a balance rope attached to the centre of each tank and passing over pulleys set about the centre of each plane . |
| 12 | The Phalangists stormed into Tony Franjieh 's home , murdered 32 of his supporters and bodyguards and then set about the ritual execution of Suleiman Franjieh 's beloved son . |
| 13 | Retreating from press and other media distractions , they set about the search for the single . |
| 14 | This work behind them , Peach and Horne then set about the description of the North:West Highlands . |
| 15 | With no option but courage or ignominious retreat , I set about the 4a first pitch — an intimidating looking crack breaking through the overhanging lower wall . |
| 16 | While some made their way to the more traditional setting of the cafe by choice , two of them in denim overalls and safety boots set about the polishing , cleaning and oiling of duty loco , Maid Marian . |
| 17 | Accordingly , they set about the task of reforming the religious and cultural life of the English localities with a vengeance . |
| 18 | If the year of our folly 1990 had started inauspiciously for me , then the Fates , Lady Luck , Lord Chance , God , Life , Evolution — whoever or whatever — immediately thereafter set about the business of proving that the entangled disasters distinguishing the year 's first few days were but a mild and modest prelude to the more thorough-going catastrophes planned for the weeks and months ahead … and this with a rapidity and even an apparent relish which was impressive — if also bowel-looseningly terrifying — to behold . |
| 19 | The Sheriff , Mr. Truelock , was called and with two of the men set about the work of destruction . |
| 20 | The newcomers will be hoping that the unsettling bid talk will die down so they can set about the more urgent tasks that lie ahead . |
| 21 | He expresses no doubts , knows precisely what is required and will set about the job with the same approach as he would building a house . |
| 22 | If things did n't improve , then he would set about the central-heating system . |
| 23 | Once his officers had been provided with a comprehensive register of the homages and other obligations of Gascon vassals , Edward could set about the task of governing his duchy with some confidence . |
| 24 | In furtherance of this goal the new regime immediately set about the modernization of the economy and the expansion of commerce , for Napoleon III , like most contemporaries , was convinced that the strength of Britain , the dominant power of the era , lay in her financial and commercial soundness . |
| 25 | Hargreaves and party promptly set about the most obvious vertical weakness . |
| 26 | However , perhaps even more significantly , certainly for the junior players , is the opportunity they have earned to go forward for a personal screening at Bradnam 's unique Herts-based Dewhurst Tennis Academy , the operation which has firmly set about the task of uncovering a future British Wimbledon champion . |
| 27 | As against this , Pye seems to have worked hard , or got others to do so , in preparing the revenue and expenditure balances and averages of 1635 ( covering the years from 1631 ) and of 1636–9 ; and he appears to have set about the same process for the reconstructed administration of 1641 . |
| 28 | Beverley has set about the task of designing monoclonals that can recognise the surfactant material and therefore indicate its presence or absence in the lungs of newborn babies . |
| 29 | The joint BPXM-Pemex team has set about the task ahead of them by cataloguing a mass of seismic , well and production data , much of it dating back to the 1930s . |
| 30 | Annette Chinnery , one of the reunion organisers , has set about the task of compiling a year-book . |