Sentence examples for sets out to instruct from inspiring English sources

The film sets out to instruct us that nature can overwhelm us, but instead overwhelms us with art.

Eco sets out to instruct a student on the edge of panic, and he is more than a little sarcastic about how the tyro scholar may have arrived at this state of emergency: "Let us try to imagine the extreme situation of a working Italian student who has attended the university very little during his first three years of study".

I don't set out to instruct people, I suppose.

This doesn't mean that writers or storytellers set out to instruct – God forbid that belief in literature's powers lead to a Stalinist writers' union style sermons and falsehoods – but it does mean that fiction in its many ancient forms – fable, fairy tale, parable, riddles – acts powerfully to create the common ground where laws guaranteeing liberty can grow (gay rights is a case in point).

On the front page of the Week in Review section Jad Mouawad set out to instruct us that oil's future is murky ("The Big Thirst").

No one ever sets out to fail.

And who sets out to generate losses?

Mr. Yakubu set out to find graduates to instruct every year level.

They are suspect when they set out to bamboozle, and doubly so when they attempt to instruct.

Kodak set out to mastermind the process".

So I set out to find her.