Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are to go on a major visit to the Caribbean next February and March . |
| 2 | The response by government has — primarily — been to embark on a massive prison building programme , despite hopes of malting the Home Secretary 's ‘ twin-track ’ approach more of a reality . |
| 3 | It 's difficult to be to comment on a hypothetical situation . |
| 4 | Negotiations were to continue on a further facility to replace the existing one when it expired in October . |
| 5 | The best way to avoid this problem is to embark on a low-carbohydrate diet to reduce the numbers of Candida before starting the drug — if you have followed Steps 1–4 described above , then you should not experience this problem . |
| 6 | On reflection , it may be the only possible solution if the city is to function on a human scale . |
| 7 | Suppose that it is known that a certain event is to occur on a certain day , but may take place at only one of two possible times , namely , 12.00 noon or 12.00 midnight . |
| 8 | A FERRY company which revived the traditional Burntisland-Granton crossing of the Firth of Forth two years ago is to operate on a different route because passenger carryings were lower than expected . |
| 9 | So Changez 's new job was to sit on a three-legged stool behind the vegetable section and watch for shop-lifters . |
| 10 | These functionally convenient but artificial demarcation lines have made the timetable easier to handle and have provided security for teachers who knew that for a single or double period their task was to concentrate on a specific subject . |
| 11 | As Winston Churchill was to write on a different occasion , ‘ at first the steps were wide and shallow , covered with a carpet , but in the end the very stones crumbled under their feet . ’ |
| 12 | Christopher was to embark on a painful programme of physiotherapy . |
| 13 | Instead of class analysis and the more obvious communist objectives the Party was to advance on a broad front as the dominant power of the League For The Independence Of Vietnam : the Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh or , in its more memorable form , the Vietminh . |