Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was talking to this other lad across the road — we were due to go off duty at two and we were just hanging about before making our way down to the station — there was no relief for us on that shift .
2 According to the New York Times , Intelsat has signed with Informkosmos , a satellite company formed by the Russian Federation , to lease capacity on three new satellites that are due to go into orbit by the end of next year .
3 The first test of the Treaty of Rome came in January 1959 , when the preliminary stage of tariff reductions was due to go into operation , with customs duties being reduced by 10 per cent and import quotas increased by 20 per cent .
4 AN ambulance service has been criticised after spending £120 on a personalised number plate for the first of six American Chevrolet ambulances due to go into operation in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland .
5 The machines are due to go into beta test in August and will run Solbourne 's SunOS MP implementation .
6 Ingres Corp will support 4Gb binary large objects ( BLOBS ) as an extension to the kernel of Version 6.5 of its relational database management system , due to go into beta test next year : the move seems aimed at forestalling customers thinking of moving to object databases , or to other RDBMS that already support BLOBs , such as Informix , Interbase and Oracle Version 7 — BLOBS however , are seen as little more than a token gesture towards true object databases .
7 [ As we go to press , we have heard that Alan is due to go into hospital on 13 January to have an operation . ]
8 Trading was light for most of the day but brisker buying may be resumed when the market opens today if dealers want to ensure they are not left short of supplies by the proposed cuts due to go into force on 1 March .
9 A MAN was due to go on trial at Liverpool Crown Court later today accused of murdering his pregnant wife .
10 He is due to go on trial on June 10 .
11 May as the Wardens are due to go on holiday shortly .
12 THE 24-year-old Donegal man who underwent a kidney transplant after being whisked off to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin minutes before he was due to go on stage at the City of Derry Drama Festival was today said to be ‘ doing very well . ’
13 The book is due to go on sale next week .
14 Most powerful of all Clios will be the limited edition Clio Williams model , due to go on sale in August 1993 with a 1998cc version of the 1 6-valve model which is to boast a massive 150bhp .
15 They were due to go to Druid 's Bottom two days before Christmas , but Auntie Lou was ill .
16 The Glory arrived at eight , well before Jack was due to go to school .
17 They 're due to go to press this evening and someone 's –ailed to meet the deadline .
18 The health authority agreed to settle the case just a week before it was due to go to court .
19 CA-Unicenter is due to go to beta test in July on HP systems — the first releases are expected in October this year on HP 's Unix 9000 series 700/800 workstations and servers .
20 ‘ I remember once he called the squad together ‘ for ten minutes ’ just before we were due to go to dinner .
21 The text , which is due to go before parliament shortly , charges the central bank with ensuring price stability ‘ in the framework of the government 's general economic policy ’ .
22 Now can it be said to be clear by the law of Scotland that the locus here is beyond what the legislature may assert right to affect by legislation against all whomsoever for the purpose of regulating methods of fishing ?
23 She was too weak to go through pregnancy .
24 I 've got a Congress fund which , I mean today it 's getting so dear to go to Congress erm you know , the hotels are so dear .
25 Geoff , who is due to retire at Christmas , started work in April 1943 with Armstrong Siddeley Motors in Coventry , as a fourteen-year-old trainee in the works order office .
26 In some circumstances it is possible to arrange for training for someone from your own institution .
27 The outer surface of the ergosphere is in fact a spheroid of revolution with a radial coordinate r+ which is dependent on the polar angle θ with respect to the axis of rotation : At a radius r+ ( θ ) it is just possible to remain at rest .
28 By this means it is also possible to plan in advance approximately how much of each crop will be grown to meet your needs .
29 Test samples that are as table to light as are control samples in the test will almost certainly be stable to light under market conditions .
30 I accept that the law has from the first appearance of corporations , in the absence of any relevant statutory direction , considered the question of a corporation 's right to sue for defamation by reference to the nature of the corporation itself and the need for the corporation to protect its lawful activities and property .
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