Example sentences of "[is] set [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LUXURY car maker Jensen is set to go into liquidation — after selling just ONE car this year with NO outstanding orders . |
| 2 | The right wing coalition parties , RPR and UDF , are expected to triumph at the French legislative elections due to take place at the end of this month but , regardless of who wins , the French economy is set to go into recession in the first half of this year with even the most optimistic forecasters predicting zero growth . |
| 3 | General Motors Corp 's Hughes Network Systems Inc has a contract to build a digital network for fixed telephone and cellular phones in Chengdu , the capital Sichuan Province in the People 's Republic of China : the initial contract , which is worth $15m , will serve more than 20,000 subscribers and expansions of the network will eventually serve 100,000 subscribers ; the entire Chengdu network is set to go on line in November ; Hughes is also building a similar network in Tatarstan , in the Russian Republic . |
| 4 | Outraged Tory Peter Jones has called on fellow borough councillors to ban on the exhibition which is set to go on display at the town 's Arts Centre . |
| 5 | For we understand that Dexter — the man who sacked David Gower — is set to go as chairman of selectors . |
| 6 | THE strife-torn Timex plant in Dundee is set to close by Christmas , union officials said last night after talks with its American management . |
| 7 | The PPF insist pool is set to emerge from snooker 's shadow and believe ‘ Dazzling Daz ’ can attract the necessary television exposure . |
| 8 | The German government is set to extend to industry the compulsory recovery/recycling regulations which apply to consumer packaging [ see EDs 63 , 56 ] . |
| 9 | THE war of words over the £4.5m repair bill for a crumbling leisure centre is set to end in court action in the next few weeks . |
| 10 | Boundary changes , opposition to routes and a lack of cash have all held up progress , but the project is set to start in autumn . |
| 11 | And its impact is set to reverberate around theatreland for some time to come . |
| 12 | Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd says that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Communications Authority of Thailand , the Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications of Vietnam and OTC International of Australia to build a new optical fibre submarine cable system linking Thailand , Vietnam and Hong Kong ; the planned cable will also link to other cable systems and give direct connections to the rest of the world , and is set to come into service by the end of 1995 . |
| 13 | Despite having thousands of years to get it right , many employers still deny their female staff time for one of the most natural of human experiences.But now a new EC directive is set to come into force to improve maternity leave rights . |