Example sentences of "[noun] [is] set [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the water industry is set to spend billions of pounds in improvements , the likely result of which is that our bills will go up by at least 50% over the next few years . |
| 2 | Since unemployment started rising nationally in March 1990 , 997,500 people have joined the dole queue and that figure is set to pass one million next month , when a General Election could be weeks away . |
| 3 | And with a Briton involved , the marathon two month battle is set to get massive television coverage . |
| 4 | Modern methods to make history more accessible : New management is set to boost British Historic Royal Palaces , as Neasa MacErlean reports |
| 5 | The town hall is set to reopen next year and will include a tourist information centre , library and concert room . |
| 6 | ACTRESS Barbra Streisand is set to become one of Hollywood 's highest paid entertainers with a film and record deal worth £40 million . |
| 7 | GEMMA IS SET TO WIN LONG BATTLE |
| 8 | Cash is recovering after an Achilles tendon operation and Cahill is set to have exploratory knee surgery , but Australia hope they will be fit for the match on Perth 's grass courts from February 2 to 4 . |
| 9 | The Skinnergate shop is set to reopen next week . |
| 10 | The UN General Assembly is set to ratify this month the Convention on the Rights of the Child , 10 years after the ‘ Year of the Child ’ was proclaimed . |
| 11 | The Cabinet is set to impose strict limits on public sector pay . |
| 12 | Monetary policy is set to meet that objective . |
| 13 | MAUREEN Lipman is set to scoop another acting award for her role as Beattie , the Jewish momma in the BT ads . |
| 14 | A SEVEN-month-old Scots baby is set to make medical history by undergoing Britain 's first genetic transplant in a pioneering operation . |
| 15 | Compuware is set to acquire some 900 new customers under its deal with Landmark , in addition to the 200 PD/MVS contracts it will inherit from IBM . |
| 16 | The quest has been launched by Gala bingo clubs in the run up to Shrove Tuesday , March 3 , and the competition is set to see 600 enthusiasts at the Darlington club . |
| 17 | In their article ‘ Britain is set to abandon nuclear reprocessing ’ ( This Week , p 567 , 3 March ) , Fred Pearce and Roger Milne have lent my words a meaning more than they will bear . |
| 18 | Britain is set to abandon nuclear reprocessing |
| 19 | According to the report , the government is set to increase power-station capacity in England and Wales by 39 percent and demand by 50 per cent by 1997 . |
| 20 | The book is set to provide comprehensive , authoritative and independent guidance on the performance requirements , state-of-the-art practice and economics of the design , construction and maintenance of flat roofs . |
| 21 | Enterprise up Enterprise Oil is set to report first half net earnings of £60–67m on Thursday , boosted by tax changes and higher oil revenues after sterling 's depreciation , analysts say . |
| 22 | Despite the demise of cast member FRANKIE HOWERD , Carry On Columbus is set to go full steam ahead with JULIAN CLARY , RIK MAYALL , ADE EDMONDSON , JIM DALE , BARBARA WINDSOR and HARRY ENFIELD . |
| 23 | Given that the second Tory recession is set to cost 550,000 manufacturing jobs and 100,000 companies and is set to put the United Kingdom at the bottom of the European Community league table on under-investment and employment in 1992 , will the right hon. Gentleman now admit that urgent action is needed to boost employment in Britain to take us out of this situation ? |
| 24 | Spanish manager Jabier Clemente is set to recall some of his more experienced stars for what is sure to be a closely-contested affair . |
| 25 | Now the hard-up zoo in Regent 's Park is set to break even over the current financial year . |
| 26 | Ferguson is set to play international striker Tor Dahlum , 24 , alongside 21-year-old Adam Ndlovu , brother of Coventry 's Peter , in a Pontins League match at Bury . |
| 27 | Perhaps in response to this call for negotiations ( though that is something that the administration would not admit ) , Mr Baker is set to make another tour of allied capitals in Europe and the Middle East , during which he would , at the very least , be available for a meeting in Baghdad . |
| 28 | The Netherlands is set to build 2,000 new energy-generating windmills by the end of the century , in addition to the 1,000 already in place . |
| 29 | EVERY pupil 's nightmare is set to come true , thanks to Education Secretary John Patten . |
| 30 | A unique new processing system is set to add further value to Wimpey Hobbs ’ joint venture operation at Llanwern Steelworks in South Wales . |