Example sentences of "[is] set [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROY McCreadie is set to return to Irish League football next season — as a player . |
| 2 | Steam is set to return in early October with the two Standard 4 tanks double heading a special from Salop to Aberystwyth . |
| 3 | According to teletext , he is set to move for 2.7 million , text also says that it is a boardroom decision to sell him , he is currently in talks with Kenny daglesh . |
| 4 | THE number of qualified cricket coaches in Scotland is set to double during 1993 . |
| 5 | The number of cars alone is set to double from twenty to fourt million by the year twenty-twenty-five . |
| 6 | We also feel it is waste of time … when the whole system is set to change under local government re-organisation in two years ’ time anyway . ’ |
| 7 | Bristol 's new development initiative is set to build on this strong foundation by financing a range of projects that support four distinct categories : |
| 8 | CAMMELL Laird 's traditional link with the Royal Navy is set to end in six weeks ' time , when the last Laird-built vessel will leave the Birkenhead yard . |
| 9 | The independent Phoenix Cinema in Oxford is set to play to packed houses over the next few weeks with a film that 's bound to be listed among the greatest successes of British Cinema in recent years . |
| 10 | In Africa , the number living in poverty is set to increase from 180 millions today to 265 millions in 2000 . |
| 11 | The course is set to run for six Wednesdays from April 29 with sessions from 10–11.30am . |
| 12 | Mr Spock is set to appear in two episodes . |
| 13 | ‘ Share prices simply look cheap , ’ he said , adding that fund managers were convinced that the economy as a whole is set to grow by 11/2 p.c. this year , with corporate earnings rising by around 5 p.c . |
| 14 | The number of fundholding general practices in Scotland is set to rise to 76 , covering one patient in every eight in the country . |
| 15 | Energy consumption in the member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD — which groups most of the industrialized countries ) is set to rise by 30 per cent over the period 1990-2010 , according to a report by the International Energy Agency . |
| 16 | The number of reservists will be increased from 28,400 to 40,000 , while defence spending in 1990 is set to rise by 2.8 per cent . |