Example sentences of "be [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , the purpose of this section is to focus on unemployment , its measurement and some explanations of its ominous presence . |
| 32 | It 's always easier to talk about warts and carbuncles than it is to focus on beauty spots , but I hope to get the balance right this morning . |
| 33 | It was good to spend a few days all together , we visited Falkland Place on Saturday pm , and it was fun to go to St Paul 's and St George 's to worship on Easter day . |
| 34 | ‘ Because the whole point of kidnap is to put on pressure to get your way . |
| 35 | The regrading of every qualified nurse in post has of course proved to be a colossal and traumatic exercise for both management ( acting under Department of Health directives ) and the nursing unions whose job it is to mediate on behalf of members . |
| 36 | The West Cliff Congregational Church at Whitby , which closed last December because of dwindling congregations , is to re-open on Easter Sunday . |
| 37 | ‘ Our aim is to stay on course to meet our objectives , continue to learn and see if we can steal another victory . ’ |
| 38 | Both sales and profits must climb if the company is to stay on course for success . |
| 39 | We only want the best teams on a project , if it is to stay on schedule . |
| 40 | One man is to stay on guard in the room , two others outside ! |
| 41 | NEIGHBOURS is to stay on TV screens until at least 1995 after BBC chiefs made a U-turn over their plan to axe the Australian soap . |
| 42 | My top objective is to get on board because I believe she is the best person for the job . |
| 43 | The primary purpose of any public relations programme is to act on opinion . |
| 44 | Bishop is to speak on ordination of women |
| 45 | BISHOP of Chelmsford the Rt Rev John Waine is to speak on draft legislation for the ordination of women at a meeting of the diocesan synod later this week . |
| 46 | We , KPMG Peat Marwick ( ‘ KPMG ’ ) write to confirm the arrangements whereby we are to make on behalf of [ Acquiring Client ] ( ‘ Client ’ ) an offer ( the ‘ Offer ’ ) for the issued share capital of Target plc ( ‘ Target ’ ) . |
| 47 | My only weapon in my bid for autonomy was to go on strike . |
| 48 | And the other way of doing it was to go on hire purchase . |
| 49 | Their hopes were short-lived however when at a subsequent meeting it became apparent that the study was to concentrate on settlement patterns in the region , ( a well-worn path taken in an attempt to justify existing policies advocating the centralisation of rural development ) , rather than the more fundamental questions of how existing patterns of land ownership influence these settlement patterns . |
| 50 | A close associate of Knighton said that one option being considered was to sell on part of his Isle of Man holding company , M K Trafford , through which the offer is being made . |
| 51 | Unfortunately , tragedy struck and the dog was to die on board ship through heat exhaustion . |
| 52 | Southern Railway kept a mule at Spencer Shops whose sole purpose was to get on board a train on Sunday so that a run could be made from Spencer to Goldsboro . |
| 53 | Our first aim was to stay on Reception and licence it , but no one was prepared to do that , ’ says Solowka . |
| 54 | The idea was to capture on film how the countryside was changing as the nation underwent great social and economic change . |
| 55 | As a director of Routledge , he took an interest in what I was writing , and in 1946 he commissioned the first book I was to produce on philosophy , The Approach to Metaphysics . |