Example sentences of "be to set [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing we need to do is to set up the vertical grid on the page . |
| 2 | The purpose of the Corporate Finance Manual is to set out the required procedures and technical standards for all Special Engagements . |
| 3 | My purpose in the remainder of this chapter is to set out the main principles of exploring multidimensional language states in present-day communities , on the assumption that historical states of language must also have been multidimensional . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was decided that Wordsworth should write the first book or canto of the tale , Coleridge the second , ‘ and which ever had done first , was to set about the third ’ . |