Example sentences of "[is] [adv prt] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WILLIE CARSON is out to do a friend a good turn at Chester today and be a TV star as well . |
| 2 | He is hired as a federal trustbuster by the Justice Department or the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) and is out to make a name for himself . |
| 3 | Er er but I think that 's the , the theme that runs through the whole thing , especially when he 's talking about his fourteen great achievements , is the fact that basically I mean he 's trying to sell himself , as you said before , he 's a pretty lowly member at this , you know , erm at this case and there therefore obviously he 's out to make a name for himself . |
| 4 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE is a regular human being with knobs on , midway through our interview , midway through an answer , just as he 's about to take a swig of his double decaff coffee with lemon on the side , he announces that he has to go to the toilet . |
| 5 | Mrs Fleming 's … well , she 's quite fat , and she looks a lot older than Mr Fleming — not that I think he 's about to do a Mr Rochester , stick her up the Loft nor nothing ! |
| 6 | No it 's the name of a horse it , it 's about to give a foal or something and erm somebody took it and they found in the New Forest . |
| 7 | The record card for such a client was scribbled over with the comment of dealers : " He 's about to buy a house ; has no funds ; he 'll see how the shares he already has do ; he 's going in for Rolls Royce , so has no money ; he 's still waiting for share certificates — once these have arrived he will think about further investment . " |
| 8 | Now he 's about to have a go . |
| 9 | The prejudice of several centuries is about to take a tumble . |
| 10 | A butcher 's shop is about to receive a delivery of spring lamb from New Zealand . |
| 11 | The answers to these questions will have important consequences for anyone who is about to choose a career or a potential employer . |
| 12 | So there were large numbers of spectators who simply had no idea that you should be quiet when a golfer is about to hit a shot . |
| 13 | He has withdrawn his chapters from an authorised English translation due later this year , and is about to spend a month in America mending fences . |
| 14 | Meanwhile as the campaign begins the liberal democrat candidate is about to spend a lot less time with his family . |
| 15 | Dorcan School , just down the road from the plant , is about to open a Rover Room , dedicated to technology and funded by Rover . |
| 16 | Play advantage — for example they do not award a penalty kick to a side which is about to score a try . |
| 17 | What makes him do that is his belief that the man is about to explode a bomb . |
| 18 | HILL FARM , in the heart of south Somerset , is about to undergo a revolution that will be watched with interest by neighbours and from further afield . |
| 19 | Now the company is about to add A Midsummer Night 's Dream to its roster of Shakespearian ballets and not in any truncated form , but as a full-bloodied 90-minute production . |
| 20 | Benzinol , the state company based in Bratislava , is about to sign a deal that will give the BP-Unipart alliance access to about 200 petrol stations — two-thirds of the entire petrol station market in Slovakia — and access to a market of well-organized motor workshops . |
| 21 | Many people would balk at the thought of setting up a new business during a recession ; but to embark on a new accountancy partnership when half of it is about to have a baby would surely cause the strongest to flinch . |
| 22 | The present procedure when a judge is about to pass a life sentence for murder is for him to invite defending counsel to make submissions on what advice the judge should give to the Secretary of State on the appropriate tariff . |
| 23 | BRITAIN 'S Department of Industry ( DoI ) is about to announce a scheme that will give Prestel a much-needed shot in the arm . |
| 24 | Mr Waddington is understood to have accepted the board 's proposals and is about to announce a package to speed up its work for implementation early next year . |
| 25 | THE JAPANESE government is about to launch a scheme to develop robots to work in ‘ extreme environments ’ , for instance in nuclear reactors . |
| 26 | ALEADING chain of booksellers is about to launch a price-cutting war , which could spell an end to the trade 's controversial Net Book Agreement . |
| 27 | Will the Home Secretary confirm that he is about to launch a £5 million campaign involving the glitzy television commercials that have been his trademark in every office of state that he has held ? |
| 28 | The University has established a Museums Committee to permit more formal discussion of common problems amongst its museums and is about to launch a review of the Ashmolean . |
| 29 | Zeneca , a new drugs firm spun off by Britain 's ICI , is about to make a £1.3 billion ( $1 billion ) rights issue . |
| 30 | Another of the promising young American players , 1990 US Open winner Pete Sampras , 20 , believes he is about to make a breakthrough in the world rankings . |