Example sentences of "[was/were] to set up a [adj] " 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 | The second proposal was to set up a long-term residential therapeutic centre which eventually involved inviting Phoenix House , an established and reputable charity , to set up in Wirral . |
| 5 | [ The Secretary of State 's immediate response to the report was to set up a new working party on English in the national curriculum , chaired by Professor Brian Cox , one of the members of the Kingman Committee . ] |
| 6 | From the beginning , the aim was to set up a prestigious institution , able to house the big exhibitions which have often passed Germany by . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The second — obviously , now I see it — was to set up a complementary unit to deal with long-term aims . |
| 9 | The Minister 's response was to set up a coordinating committee of the nationalised fuel industry chairmen . |
| 10 | His task was to set up a dummy gems firm in Bombay . |