Example sentences of "[is] set [to-vb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bradford striker Sean McCarthy is set to return after a three-match suspension . |
| 2 | A village school in Buckinghamshire is set to close despite a campaign by parents to keep it open . |
| 3 | The latest move comes at a time when ICI 's £1.2bn a year pharmaceutical division , which accounts for around a fifth of group trading profits , is set to emerge from a relatively fallow period . |
| 4 | After a roof-top walkabout on the terraces we viewed ‘ Towards 2000 ’ a promotional video describing the dramatic changes that are taking place at the £500m investment site of Terminal 2 , part of a complex that employs over 10,000 people ( 30,000 projected for the year 2005 ) and is set to expand with a second runway taking it from a regional role into the top 20 of world airports . |
| 5 | The pace of logging in the Indonesian archipelago is set to increase as a result of the lifting of a ban on the export of raw logs . |
| 6 | That fund is set to increase by a further £1 million next year , and I certainly expect motor projects to figure significantly within that increased expenditure . |
| 7 | A GROUP of Ulster companies is set to share in a £5m export sales bonanza in the United States , it was revealed today . |
| 8 | Now the Government is set to contribute to a central fund set up by leading insurers that will meet bills for terrorist damage . |
| 9 | THE old age pension is set to rise by a meagre £1.98 , yet average wages are to increase by £4.50 in line with the cost of living . |
| 10 | If , as the experts argue , board-level commitment is essential to ensure that effective risk management is driven through the entire organisation , the impetus for this is set to come from a not entirely welcome quarter . |
| 11 | BRITISH actress Rachel Ward is set to star in a sequel to TV 's Thorn Birds — nearly a decade after the hit saga made her a worldwide star . |