Example sentences of "[is] about [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ardent Royalist hopes she 's about to realise a lifelong ambition by meeting the Queen . |
| 2 | It 's about to launch a Hollywood-style marketing campaign costing millions of pounds . |
| 3 | Mr Gluckstern is about to manage a new subsidiary , Zurich Reinsurance Centre . |
| 4 | THE DEPARTMENT of Industry ( DoI ) is about to appoint a new recruit to knit together Britain 's activities in satellite mapping . |
| 5 | DAVID Mellor , who has made a variety of television and radio appearances since his resignation as Minister for Fun , is about to take a major step in his broadcasting career . |
| 6 | Clearly the health authority does not argue that because it is about to honour a similar referral to the same unit in Birmingham . |
| 7 | An example of market information could be where there is advance knowledge that a brokerage firm is about to publish a favourable research report about a company . |
| 8 | ‘ At the climax of the film one of the gangsters is about to shoot a young girl member of the community in the presence of the community 's elder . |
| 9 | BUDDY Holly fan Glen Tweedie is about to realise a lifelong ambition . |
| 10 | A TOWN which has one of the highest unemployment levels in Wales is about to lose a vital unit which handles income support claims . |
| 11 | Rod Wallace is about to sign a new contract that will run to the end of 97/98 . |
| 12 | Four patients have developed recurrent stones , one of whom has had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy , a second who is about to have a laparoscopic procedure , and two who are free of symptoms . |
| 13 | The University is about to introduce a general policy for headships in all departments . |
| 14 | The Select Committee on Agriculture , of which I am a member , is about to launch a major inquiry into Britain 's food trade gap , which is estimated to be about £6 billion . |
| 15 | SCOTVEC is about to launch a new type of qualification — general Scottish Vocational Qualifications . |
| 16 | The scenario is : Your council is about to launch a full-scale project aimed at recycling their extent range of materials including glass , paper , plastic , metals and textiles . |
| 17 | However , the music entrepreneur , who is sitting on a near 50% stake worth £10m , is about to make a fresh foray into the records business . |
| 18 | UNIT GROUP , which obtained the distinction of being the first company to float on the Third Market , is about to make an important diversification into the engineering sector . |
| 19 | The Act also empowers the police to set up roadblocks to discover whether vehicles contain anyone who has witnessed , committed or is about to commit a serious crime . |
| 20 | His business , born last June with $75 000 from a venture capitalist , has been valued at $1 million and is about to market a three-dimensional video golf game which simulates a championship course in California . |
| 21 | The most immediate ponderer is Bill Clinton , who is about to offer a grudging renewal for a further year of China 's ‘ most favoured nation ’ trading status with America — jargon which means simply that China is treated as well , or badly , as most other countries . |
| 22 | A TELEVISION drive to persuade Britain 's seven million schoolkids to swap their lunch boxes for school dinners is about to become a real choker . |
| 23 | The channel tunnel is about to become a major part of the United Kingdom infrastructure . |
| 24 | Muller , however , is surprised to find himself in the company of players he once idolised , and he has yet to recognise that he is about to become a similar figure . |
| 25 | Japan turns out a vast number of graduates every year , but it begins to look as if the unthinkable in Tokyo , graduate unemployment , is about to become a serious problem : Fujitsu Ltd says it plans to slash the number of new hirings next spring to less than a seventh of this year 's figure — just 300 engineers , and , for the first year since its founding in 1935 , will take on no staff in its sales and administrative departments ; it will add 2,200 new staff to its 52,000 base this year compared with 3,000 in 1992 and nearly 4,000 in 1991 . |
| 26 | Handsome Costa hunk Jesse Birdsall , who has only had eyes for the girls up to now , is about to become a bi-sexual victim of the killer virus . |
| 27 | Handsome Costa hunk Jesse Birdsall , who has only had eyes for the girls up to now , is about to become a bi-sexual victim of the killer virus . |
| 28 | PETER REID is about to become a vital part of the new Manchester City regime by teaming up again with Howard Kendall . |
| 29 | Bell 's absence leaves Durham without three of last season 's stalwarts as Billingham 's Nick Walton is about to become an assistant professional at Barnard Castle and Darlington 's John Howson has retired from county golf . |
| 30 | ‘ He is about to suffer a tragic accident which will signal the end of his incredible , action-packed career as Britain 's greatest goal-scoring hero , ’ said the Roy of the Rovers editor , Dave Hunt . |