Example sentences of "is [adv prt] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WILLIE CARSON is out to do a friend a good turn at Chester today and be a TV star as well . |
| 2 | He is hired as a federal trustbuster by the Justice Department or the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) and is out to make a name for himself . |
| 3 | The prejudice of several centuries is about to take a tumble . |
| 4 | A butcher 's shop is about to receive a delivery of spring lamb from New Zealand . |
| 5 | The answers to these questions will have important consequences for anyone who is about to choose a career or a potential employer . |
| 6 | So there were large numbers of spectators who simply had no idea that you should be quiet when a golfer is about to hit a shot . |
| 7 | He has withdrawn his chapters from an authorised English translation due later this year , and is about to spend a month in America mending fences . |
| 8 | Meanwhile as the campaign begins the liberal democrat candidate is about to spend a lot less time with his family . |
| 9 | Dorcan School , just down the road from the plant , is about to open a Rover Room , dedicated to technology and funded by Rover . |
| 10 | Play advantage — for example they do not award a penalty kick to a side which is about to score a try . |
| 11 | What makes him do that is his belief that the man is about to explode a bomb . |
| 12 | HILL FARM , in the heart of south Somerset , is about to undergo a revolution that will be watched with interest by neighbours and from further afield . |
| 13 | Now the company is about to add A Midsummer Night 's Dream to its roster of Shakespearian ballets and not in any truncated form , but as a full-bloodied 90-minute production . |
| 14 | Benzinol , the state company based in Bratislava , is about to sign a deal that will give the BP-Unipart alliance access to about 200 petrol stations — two-thirds of the entire petrol station market in Slovakia — and access to a market of well-organized motor workshops . |
| 15 | Many people would balk at the thought of setting up a new business during a recession ; but to embark on a new accountancy partnership when half of it is about to have a baby would surely cause the strongest to flinch . |
| 16 | The present procedure when a judge is about to pass a life sentence for murder is for him to invite defending counsel to make submissions on what advice the judge should give to the Secretary of State on the appropriate tariff . |
| 17 | BRITAIN 'S Department of Industry ( DoI ) is about to announce a scheme that will give Prestel a much-needed shot in the arm . |
| 18 | Mr Waddington is understood to have accepted the board 's proposals and is about to announce a package to speed up its work for implementation early next year . |
| 19 | THE JAPANESE government is about to launch a scheme to develop robots to work in ‘ extreme environments ’ , for instance in nuclear reactors . |
| 20 | ALEADING chain of booksellers is about to launch a price-cutting war , which could spell an end to the trade 's controversial Net Book Agreement . |
| 21 | Will the Home Secretary confirm that he is about to launch a £5 million campaign involving the glitzy television commercials that have been his trademark in every office of state that he has held ? |
| 22 | The University has established a Museums Committee to permit more formal discussion of common problems amongst its museums and is about to launch a review of the Ashmolean . |
| 23 | Zeneca , a new drugs firm spun off by Britain 's ICI , is about to make a £1.3 billion ( $1 billion ) rights issue . |
| 24 | Another of the promising young American players , 1990 US Open winner Pete Sampras , 20 , believes he is about to make a breakthrough in the world rankings . |
| 25 | THE infamous gull-winged De Lorean sports car is about to make a comeback . |
| 26 | The STEAM locomotive is about to make a comeback on railways in the US as a way to lesson the dependence of the national transport network on oil . |
| 27 | Budget-boosting horror stories notwithstanding however , no one , not even President Ronald Reagan , is about to orbit a fleet of laser battle-stations able to zap nuclear missiles . |
| 28 | At first sight , you might think Paul Mason is about to build a Mini . |
| 29 | At first sight , you might think Paul Mason is about to build a Mini . |
| 30 | If this is true , then their marketplace is about to get a lot bigger . |