Example sentences of "[is] [adv prt] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This summer he 's off to compete in the world cup . |
| 2 | Now she 's about to compete in the first ever round-the-world air race . |
| 3 | Is there in Eastern Europe a hideous environmental prototype of what is about to happen in the developing world ? |
| 4 | After years of uncertainty it now appears that a new chapter is about to open in the life of Dunkirk Mills . |
| 5 | That book of his has been finished some time , by the way , and is about to appear in the bookshops . |
| 6 | She is about to compete in the British championships in Bavaria . |
| 7 | My report on this tour concluded with the words : ‘ I shall be grateful for any suggestions as to how this Department may co-operate in helping to meet the desperately urgent situation that is about to develop in the Delta villages . ’ |
| 8 | There 's nothing quite like a good Guinness — as Sir Alec is about to prove in the TV drama A Foreign Field |