Example sentences of "be about [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new range of children 's birthday cards which carry warnings about the danger of accidents are about to go on sale . |
| 2 | The chances are it will blow up into a huge row , or even a fight , just as you are about to go on stage at the Marquee . |
| 3 | A few tips for the politician who 's about to go on TV |
| 4 | On Tyneside , branded farm assured Northumbria lamb is about to go on sale at a leading retailer . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A NEW type of double-glazing , based on an idea from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , is about to go on sale in Britain . |
| 7 | A new type of cheese is about to go on sale , which it 's hoped will rectify an oversight of history . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A new experiment is about to come on line . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | What Eleanor did tell him however , was that she was about to go on holiday but that she hoped he would come to a meal in her flat when she returned . |
| 13 | On one occasion he was about to go on board a ship that had just anchored when unforeseen business detained him . |
| 14 | Murad II was about to go on campaign , however , and in his haste gave Hocazade only a provincial kadilik , that of Kestel near Bursa . |
| 15 | On 9 January 1957 he told the Cabinet that he was about to resign on health grounds . |
| 16 | She looked as if she was about to walk on stage rather than be interviewed by detectives from New Scotland Yard . |
| 17 | I looked at the paper , and realised that a new comedy show was about to start on Channel 4 . |