The phrase "are to explore" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a planned or intended action, often in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The researchers are to explore the effects of climate change on marine biodiversity."
Alternatives: "are meant to investigate" or "are scheduled to examine".
Funding agencies and the community must accept that ever-larger facilities are inevitable if we are to explore frontiers.
Fifa yesterday decided against introducing it for the World Cup but are to explore the issue further.
The objectives of this study are to explore the research and clinical utility of the commitment construct as measured by the ASAGC.
They are to explore the opportunities to prolong life and alleviate suffering -- and to weigh them against the potential dangers to individual dignity and personal freedom -- in this genetics generation's reach for human perfectibility.
Liberal Democrat ministers are to explore ways of getting employee ownership "into the bloodstream" of the British economy – including the introduction of a right for workers to request shares in their companies.
The 2001-2 suggestsuggests a broader focus: two concerts are to explore the later, visionary works of Coltrane and Mingus, and a three-concert retrospective will present not only Ms. Lincoln's musical compositions but her poetry as well.
Crystal Palace are to explore the possibility of taking the Wales international defender, Ben Davies, on loan from Tottenham next month and have been made aware of the potential availability of the Aston Villa striker, Rudy Gestede.
The goals of the class are to explore the impact of networks on society and to provide students with the tools necessary to continue that exploration process on their own.
Our goals are to explore the molecular mechanisms governing lipid homeostasis in cancer and to characterize their contribution to tumorigenesis and identify ways that they can be therapeutically targeted.
The overarching goals are to explore the role of oral history in opening up multiple accounts of truth, and to search for meaning that otherwise may remain marginal – moving them to the center of our political discourse.
As such, the objectives of this paper are to explore the potential consequences of tobacco-control policies designed to reduce children's exposure to secondhand smoke on socially disadvantaged mothers who smoke and to provide recommendations for research, policy, and practice.
