Example sentences of "was to [be] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was safe to assume , he said , that no more than a dozen MPs knew whether they should be reaching for the champagne or the shotgun when the Government announced last month that the business rate was to be set at 36p in the pound last month . |
| 2 | The Empire was to be set on a ‘ new course ’ by a process of increasing the parliamentary content of the constitutional structure with a view to producing a more ‘ liberal ’ regime . |
| 3 | No ceiling was to be set on prices , except for essentials such as milk , bread , transport , communications and fuel , whose rise in price would be controlled by the government . |
| 4 | The area to be distributed was to be set by individual republics . |
| 5 | She was educated at Inverness Royal Academy and the Anstey Physical Training College in Erdington , Birmingham ( her thriller , Miss Pym Disposes , 1946 , was to be set in such a college ) . |
| 6 | It was to be set in Brussels . |