Example sentences of "[is] [adv prt] [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELFAST Rock/Blues musician Brian Scott is about to embark on a European tour in support of his new album ‘ Deliverance ’ , which will include twelve Irish dates . |
| 2 | X/Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever : it expects to invite 50 to 75 user groups worldwide to participate , get 35 to 50 of them actually involved and circulate 10,000 multiple-choice questionnaires in six languages : English , French , German , Spanish , Chinese and Japanese ; it is now trying to figure out how to get feedback from the non-industrial nations ; results will probably appear in Rome in early December . |
| 3 | X/Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever . |
| 4 | The European Community is about to embark on an ambitious programme of research within the field of biotechnology and genetic diversity , within which plant taxonomic information systems are to play a part by linking taxonomic , molecular and genetic databases . |
| 5 | The idea is to get Western hi-tech companies to sponsor the events , and X/Open is about to begin on a 90 day roadshow to drum up industry support . |
| 6 | Berkeley in Gloucestershire is about to appear on the nuclear map . |
| 7 | whether it 's Hornsey Lane he is about to enter on the other side of Highgate Hill , or whether he has confused Highgate Hill with Highgate West Hill once again ; |
| 8 | It has already bought two leading aerospace firms , Motoren-und-Turbinen-Union ( MTU ) and Dornier ; now it is about to pounce on the third and largest , Bavaria-based Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm ( MBB ) . |
| 9 | Potentially an even bigger bombshell is about to burst on the vexed question of pension rights . |
| 10 | Work is about to start on a new building that will link two factory units , presently separated by a gap . |
| 11 | As an example of our approach to regeneration areas , work on the redevelopment of the Crown Street project has progressed to the point where most of the roads and services are in place and work is about to start on the first 200 houses . |