Example sentences of "be set [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Ken , as technically-minded as ever , did n't notice was that all the clocks had been set to go off in the middle of the night — which , needless to say , they all did . |
| 2 | In this particular chair , as the back legs are set to tilt inwards towards the bottom , the shoulders will be angled from top to bottom of the rail . |
| 3 | Notice is set to go up in the local regsistrar 's office on Thursday , just 48 hours before they walk down the aisle . |
| 4 | MANAGEMENT buy-out activity picked up in 1992 and is set to improve further in the current year , according to the latest edition of the KPMG Peat Marwick Blue Book . |
| 5 | Terry Venables has been keen on the 23-year-old for months and armed with over £2million from the Stewart sale , is set to move in on the £1.2m-rated player . |
| 6 | One of the strongest domestic fields for many years — including three previous winner of the race — is set to line up for the London Marathon on April 12 . |
| 7 | The first submarine , Vanguard , is set to roll out of the Devonshire dock hall in Barrow tomorrow and , following a series of sea trials , will enter service with the Royal Navy in the mid-1990s . |
| 8 | Does the Secretary of State agree that , to obtain a balanced view , we must consider not only unemployment but employment and self-employment , which grew steadily during the 1980s under the Government and is set to grow further in the 1990s under the same Government ? |
| 9 | demographic trends show that the proportion of elderly people is set to rise dramatically over the next ten years . |