Example sentences of "[be] set to rise [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of fundholding general practices in Scotland is set to rise to 76 , covering one patient in every eight in the country . |
| 2 | Energy consumption in the member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD — which groups most of the industrialized countries ) is set to rise by 30 per cent over the period 1990-2010 , according to a report by the International Energy Agency . |
| 3 | The number of reservists will be increased from 28,400 to 40,000 , while defence spending in 1990 is set to rise by 2.8 per cent . |
| 4 | Total state expenditure was set to rise by 10 per cent to D4,080 million ( US$4,970 million ) of which D1,805 million ( US$2,200 million ) was for current spending ( a 14.2 per cent rise on 1990 ) . |
| 5 | Development spending was set to rise by 9.2 per cent to D1,477 million ( US$1,800 million ) . |
| 6 | The prisons budget of £775 million in 1988 was set to rise by 42 per cent to £1,140 million in 1989 , to cover the cost of expanding the prison building programme , emergency measures on overcrowding and the costs of keeping prisoners in police cells . |
| 7 | Military spending was set to rise by 3.78 per cent , the lowest increase for 32 years . |
| 8 | In the draft budget for 1992 which was approved by the Cabinet on Sept. 4 spending on defence was set to rise by 6 per cent , bringing it to 14,800 million shekels ( US$4,770 million ) . |
| 9 | Between 1985 and 2025 the number of pensioners was set to rise from 9 million to over 12 million ; and the total cost of pensions for the public would rise from £17 billion a year to almost £36 billion if pensions were linked with prices and to a colossal £50 billion if they were linked , as Labour wanted , to the higher of either prices or earnings . |