Example sentences of "[was/were] to set [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The irony is that no VAT would be levied if hoteliers were to set up a separate sandwich bar business next to their property and handed out sandwiches and drinks . |
| 2 | If that company were to set up a new pension scheme based on only 461 employees , the likelihood is that scheme would in no way match a scheme based on more than 10,000 members , as is the case with the Scottish Transport Group . |
| 3 | Perhaps the single most important decision was to set up a Wirral-wide counselling service for drug users . |
| 4 | From the beginning , the aim was to set up a prestigious institution , able to house the big exhibitions which have often passed Germany by . |
| 5 | His idea was to set up a self-contained base inland from the coastal plain from which they could raid on an almost nightly basis . |
| 6 | The second — obviously , now I see it — was to set up a complementary unit to deal with long-term aims . |
| 7 | The Minister 's response was to set up a coordinating committee of the nationalised fuel industry chairmen . |
| 8 | One of the first steps taken was to set up the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme ( EMEP ) to measure emissions and deposition of sulphur and nitrogen oxides in Europe . |
| 9 | The main consequence of these discussions was to set up an International Commission of Chemical Nomenclature to continue the work started at the conference . |
| 10 | One of the first things Tolkien did after his return to Oxford in 1925 was to set up an Icelandic reading group such as he had enjoyed during his last job , as Professor of English at Leeds . |
| 11 | Our first step was to set up an independent trust to repair the building . |