Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] [pos pn] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following its decision to move into the Unix arena ( UX No 317 ) , Computer Associates International , is angling to get its first batch of Unix-based applications out the door by the end of the year . |
| 2 | A new international competitiveness unit has been set up and is expected to issue its first report shortly . |
| 3 | Lewis is expected to make his first defence against London-born New Yorker Alex Stewart . |
| 4 | Donald , in the West Indies with the South African Test party , is expected to make his first appearance for Warwickshire in the Championship match against Derbyshire at Edgbaston starting on May 7 . |
| 5 | The former England man , who has been linked with Sheffield Wednesday and who has undergone summer knee surgery , is not up for sale , and is expected to start his third season in Reds ' colours . |
| 6 | Dr Burney is going to do her first thing . ’ |
| 7 | Also Kerslake is going to play his first game since injury for the reserves in mid-week . |
| 8 | Argentinian Nestor Lorenzo is set to start his first game of the season . |
| 9 | Gudni Bergsson is set to play his first game of the season at sweeper . |
| 10 | THIS year Waterford Wedgwood is set to make its first profit since 1988 and the first of any size since 1986 . |
| 11 | Luton v Chelsea With Elstrup out of action following a cartilage operation , Harford is set to make his first appearance in Luton 's attack for seven months . |
| 12 | THE STRIKE at Yarrow shipbuilders in Glasgow is set to enter its third week after pay talks between unions and management ended in deadlock yesterday . |
| 13 | A new arts charity initiative , which will provide encouragement and financial support to talented mature music students , is preparing to hold its first event in Scotland this summer . |
| 14 | Oldham coach Peter Tunks is poised to make his seventh signing of the summer today — swapping Neil Flanagan for Huddersfield 's centre Stuart Cocker . |