Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central South saw what they 'd achieved by 1991 , and now we 've been back to check on progress . |
| 2 | A new range of children 's birthday cards which carry warnings about the danger of accidents are about to go on sale . |
| 3 | The chances are it will blow up into a huge row , or even a fight , just as you are about to go on stage at the Marquee . |
| 4 | Firstly they have , from Banbury School at least , four specific parent Governors , who are there to act on behalf of parents . |
| 5 | But I would like to point out in this video , and on the brochure that goes with it , actually says the rest of the field are there to follow on horseback or on foot or by car , very few people indeed actually witness the death of a fox . |
| 6 | CLARENCE THE LION is soon to star on Radio Forth 's Drivetime slots , bringing roads news to listeners throughout the region . |
| 7 | In this tradition the role of the PRO is not to direct on behalf of the public good but to guide and co-ordinate the activities of quasi-sovereign government departments . |
| 8 | In the absolute reign of reason which is shortly to appear on earth anarchy will be a pleasant and co-operative state of affairs , since all men will be inspired to a joyful devotion to social duty and justice . |
| 9 | our speaker Donald who 's from the Engineering Council and is here to speak on engineering . |
| 10 | A few tips for the politician who 's about to go on TV |
| 11 | On Tyneside , branded farm assured Northumbria lamb is about to go on sale at a leading retailer . |
| 12 | The death of Margot , his wife of 42 years , in October 1990 inspired him to put forward his writings for publication , and the collection The Touch of Immortality , is about to go on sale . |
| 13 | A NEW type of double-glazing , based on an idea from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , is about to go on sale in Britain . |
| 14 | A new type of cheese is about to go on sale , which it 's hoped will rectify an oversight of history . |
| 15 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 16 | At a stroke our artistic patrimony has been increased by a treasure which is about to go on display after being unseen for seventy years . |
| 17 | A new experiment is about to come on line . |
| 18 | The music of Maritza 's entrance was always a gift to any singer , good or bad : the rising crescendo from the orchestra that tells the audience a star is about to come on stage . |
| 19 | In England the custom was still to rely on pew rents and on subscriptions being paid directly to the chapel . |
| 20 | Alice Cox was later to swear on oath that , for the three years she had known Laura , she was only visited by one man other than Charles . |
| 21 | Another temporary need fitted in to this plan , for Robert Slater , the Anglican chaplain at the university , was also to go on leave , and I was to keep services going in the little wooden Anglican church on the university side of the lake , as well as the other two quite heavy responsibilities . |
| 22 | Iran was also to co-operate on oil exploration and refining with Turkmenistan , whose offshore oil extraction in the Caspian sea was suffering disruption because of shortages of hitherto centrally supplied materials . |
| 23 | What Eleanor did tell him however , was that she was about to go on holiday but that she hoped he would come to a meal in her flat when she returned . |
| 24 | On one occasion he was about to go on board a ship that had just anchored when unforeseen business detained him . |
| 25 | Murad II was about to go on campaign , however , and in his haste gave Hocazade only a provincial kadilik , that of Kestel near Bursa . |
| 26 | On 9 January 1957 he told the Cabinet that he was about to resign on health grounds . |
| 27 | She looked as if she was about to walk on stage rather than be interviewed by detectives from New Scotland Yard . |
| 28 | I looked at the paper , and realised that a new comedy show was about to start on Channel 4 . |