The phrase "set out the background" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to provide context about a situation, person, or event. For example, "This report will set out the background of the company's recent financial statements."
The BBC has since issued a statement: "Jeremy Clarkson has set out the background to this regrettable episode," the statement read.
As he set out the background to the case today, Mr Underwood told the jury that of the six main issues surrounding Mr Duggan's death, the two most controversial concerned whether Mr Duggan was in possession of a gun when he got out of the cab and whether the two shots fired by officer V53 were "absolutely necessary".
In a complex ruling, the High Court judges said that in the application for the warrants there was a failure to set out the background, a lack of clarity, errors and a failure to put the matters that weighed against them being granted.
The articles set out the background of each of these programme areas and describes the actions being taken, the results obtained and plans for the future.
Rob Whiteman, the former head of the UK Border Agency, set out the background: "I think at the time the French felt there would be an upside for them, in that if it was clear that people could not easily get to Britain it would stop Sangatte building up again.
In setting out the background to his judgment, Mr Justice MacDonald wrote: "C is a person to whom the epithet 'conventional' will never be applied.
9.21am BST Sir Iain Kennedy explains the reasons for Ipsa's proposals Last week Sir Ian Kennedy, the Ipsa chairman, gave a speech setting out the background to today's proposals.
The paper sets out the background of a project entitled LEAF (Learning from Experience Applying Feedback) which developed a generic model to assist organisations in understanding their situation.
Most prized was the inclusion of a handwritten manuscript which sets out the background to the building of the Guildhall, revealing how a deputation from Londonderry Corporation visited The Honourable The Irish Society to ask for help in building a new town hall.
The following paragraphs outline the developments to date in terms of governmental responses and the climate of public opinion with a view to setting out the background against which the decisions of the courts are delivered.
We begin by setting out the background theoretical context, exploring the nature of knowledge and knowledge conversion and connections between knowledge and activity in a social community of practice [ 10].
