The phrase "set out to accomplish" is a correct and usable phrase in written English. You can use it when describing the intention or purpose of a specific action. For example, "The team set out to accomplish their goal of 10 new customers in one month."
He explained, "we have achieved virtually everything I set out to accomplish"; his accomplishments include a 33% approval rating in 2006.
"I set out to accomplish nothing".
Everything he set out to accomplish, he achieved.
That's because attendance isn't really required for what these stores set out to accomplish.
You feel, in a way, you did it, what you set out to accomplish".
What did you set out to accomplish with civic design in Oakland?
That is what Bush set out to accomplish in his new nuclear policy".
"Our board believes everything we set out to accomplish, we met," Ms. Dunn said.
He is resourceful in assuring that we deliver on what we set out to accomplish.
In a way, this is what the book set out to accomplish.
We accomplished the goals that we set out to accomplish, and the video output looked like what we expected.
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Terminologist and Q/A Analyst @ Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union