Example sentences of "set out to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And people who set out to be faithful do fall passionately in lust with other people . |
| 2 | But I 've never been one of those guys who set out to be a technical guitarist and I still do n't refer to myself as a technical player . |
| 3 | ‘ I never set out to be famous , to set records , to do anything particular . |
| 4 | No woman in her right mind would choose to be a single parent and the tiny minority who set out to be are , in my view , incredibly selfish , unimaginative and cruel . |
| 5 | ‘ I never set out to be a role model for girls or women , ’ she said in a recent interview , ‘ and I do n't conform to any stereotype . |
| 6 | The whole room has the feel of a place set out to be conventionally acceptable and — if such a word is appropriate in this Castle — almost friendly . |
| 7 | The imperialist attitude was accommodated in his books all the more easily because he put the emphasis on service and sacrifice rather than on nationalist domination or material gain : an approach that may seem hypocritical to present-day readers was sincere enough in a man who set out to be a philanthropist and reformer and became a best-seller . |
| 8 | We never set out to be mealy-XXXX mouthed in our approach . |
| 9 | He set out to be amusing ; he had a fund of anecdotes , some about people Eloise knew well . |
| 10 | No-one of my generation set out to be a war correspondent , at least not in Europe , because we supposed that previous generations had disposed of all that and that war in Europe , if it were ever to occur again , would be the kind of war that would leave no-one alive to write about it . |
| 11 | Objective : ‘ Courtaulds set out to be the best of its kind at what it does . |