Example sentences of "[is] about [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing cosy about a firm that 's about to sink without trace ! ’ |
| 2 | A search will reveal if a company is carrying a heavy burden of debt , for example , but remember , this does n't mean it 's about to go into liquidation . |
| 3 | A few tips for the politician who 's about to go on TV |
| 4 | He looks as if he 's about to come under starter 's orders at Epsom ! |
| 5 | I think she is about to fall in love again . ’ |
| 6 | On Tyneside , branded farm assured Northumbria lamb is about to go on sale at a leading retailer . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A NEW type of double-glazing , based on an idea from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , is about to go on sale in Britain . |
| 9 | A new type of cheese is about to go on sale , which it 's hoped will rectify an oversight of history . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They are needed to dress up the stage for the production of Willy Russell 's Stags And Hens which is about to go into rehearsal at the Arts . |
| 13 | Our new putter , which is about to go into volume production , is a triumph of modern technology and , as Brian Harley is already proving , is the best putter in the world . ’ |
| 14 | This is exactly what Chancellor Norman Lamont is about to do in order to find the resources with which to give the economy its required boost . |
| 15 | His pay is appallingly low and one month in arrears , and yet he hears that the local party is about to mobilize by force peasants aged between 20 and 40 for the army . |
| 16 | He may well have heard in some reach of his mind an as yet uncreated harmony , as a composer hears the music that he is about to translate into sound . |
| 17 | NATIONAL Westminster Bank is about to apply for planning permission to redevelop a 1¼-acre site it owns in the prime central core of the City within yards of the Bank of England . |
| 18 | In the Czech Republic , a local company named Cesopot that recently became a BP distributor is about to sign with Unipart as its distributor too . |
| 19 | For all I know , there may be a kernel of truth in what he says , but anyone expecting his followers to wear turquoise shell suits can count me out , even if his prophesy that New Zealand is about to disappear under water has a certain charm . |
| 20 | A new experiment is about to come on line . |
| 21 | 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 . |