Sentence examples for set about the work of from inspiring English sources

After that, Mr. Murdoch and Mr. Thomson quickly set about the work of making the newspaper's articles shorter, its coverage broader and truncating its trademark front-page narratives.

She took up residence at Lillian Wald's Henry Street Settlement and set about the work of promoting federal legislation on hours-and-wages and child labour, as well as other reforms.

A day after being handed power in a peaceful transition here, the leader of Afghanistan's new interim administration, Hamid Karzai, set about the work of governing today, convening a meeting of his ministers for the first time.

I set about the serious work of getting together a football team.

Figuring I'd arranged enough organized activity, I set about the serious work of aimlessly strolling around town.

The blueberries were, as promised, everywhere, and I set about the meditative work of crouching and plucking the tiny berries off the branches, one by one, until my hand was streaked with reddish-purple blueberry blood and I had gathered enough in my bag for a small pie.

As a young poet, I became crazy about having my work set to music--and I'm still crazy about it, so by now I have about 70 poems set to the work of a dozen composers.

If the LHC confirms the boson's existence, physicists will set about the task of working out whether or not it is the version of the Higgs predicted by the Standard Model.

After settling in Vermont, he worked in carpentry, wrote weird satirical erotica, and set about the business of losing elections.

Set to the quirky, chirpy notes of Herman Düne, we see our man joining the other young hopefuls as they set about their work under the tutelage of a gesticulating Adrià.

Twenty years after the death of Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, Maria Zuppello speaks to his sister about the work of the foundation set up in his name.