Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An unconditional order in writing , addressed by one person* to another , signed by the person giving it , requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to , or to the order of , a specified person , or to order ’ . |
| 2 | The game , to be unveiled at the London Toy Fair in January , is expected to go on sale in May . |
| 3 | ‘ Chadwick v. Chadwick , 22 L.J.Ch. 329 may be explained on the grounds that a trustee , like an agent , can not resist discovery in an action in relation to the property which he is alleged to hold on trust . ’ |
| 4 | Dragon is thought to draw on technology from Sun 's collaboration with Cray Research Inc to develop the non-massively parallel Sparc technology that Cray adopted with Floating Point Systems Inc ( UX No 369 ) , and may use Fujitsu Ltd CPUs . |
| 5 | The plant is scheduled to come on stream in the spring of 1992 . |
| 6 | Another , mainly oil , field Oseberg is scheduled to come on stream in 1989 . |
| 7 | Chief executive of Tendring District Council , David Mitchell-Gears , is scheduled to appear on Channel 4 News at 7pm to talk about the application . |
| 8 | The main shift , however , is in the new emphasis the White Paper is bound to place on intervention and regulation , words that have been regarded as mostly unpalatable in Tory conference debates over the past decade . |
| 9 | General Motors Corp 's Hughes Network Systems Inc has a contract to build a digital network for fixed telephone and cellular phones in Chengdu , the capital Sichuan Province in the People 's Republic of China : the initial contract , which is worth $15m , will serve more than 20,000 subscribers and expansions of the network will eventually serve 100,000 subscribers ; the entire Chengdu network is set to go on line in November ; Hughes is also building a similar network in Tatarstan , in the Russian Republic . |
| 10 | Outraged Tory Peter Jones has called on fellow borough councillors to ban on the exhibition which is set to go on display at the town 's Arts Centre . |
| 11 | It is proposed to focus on insider dealing within financial conglomerates because of the probable extent of such trading , that is , the degree to which insider dealing probably occurs ; the damage it causes , both economically ( through the disruption of the efficient allocation of scarce economic resources ) , and socially ( through losses in public confidence in the operation of the financial markets ) ; and finally , the problem of detection ( self-evident from the low levels of prosecutions over recent years ) . |
| 12 | If the district judge intends to rescind , notice is given to the parties and they have 14 days to object , whereupon a hearing is fixed to decide on rescission . |
| 13 | He claims he has lost over £250,000 in his life and at the age of 40 is forced to survive on state benefits of £63 . |
| 14 | The hundreds of millions of pounds it is poised to spend on science and technology at higher levels , including Britain 's IT industry , may be largely wasted if it does not . |
| 15 | Graduate students must also secure a college place , but each laboratory and the faculty board play the dominant role in determining whether the student is qualified to embark on postgraduate studies ; they also appoint the supervisor . |