Example sentences of "about [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was about sex — not about sexual politics — but another show was about to go on the road , and Oz had got there first . |
| 2 | A NEW material that could replace asbestos , silica or ceramic fibre based products is about to come on the market . |
| 3 | ‘ As I was about to come on the ref told me , ‘ I 'll be watching you closely . |
| 4 | Mr Deputy Speaker I 'm just about to come on the South Wales police but I will answer the point directly , er I and my honourable friend the parliamentary secretary are always willing to discuss with local government , matters relating to local government finance and we have done so over the months leading up to this settlement and my honourable and right honourable friends in the Home Office are always willing to discuss matters on the police er where they are important and warrant a ministerial meeting and that again has happened recently with the Home Office min minister discussing this very issue . |
| 5 | Berkeley in Gloucestershire is about to appear on the nuclear map . |
| 6 | It has already bought two leading aerospace firms , Motoren-und-Turbinen-Union ( MTU ) and Dornier ; now it is about to pounce on the third and largest , Bavaria-based Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm ( MBB ) . |
| 7 | He raised his fist and was about to hammer on the door when he heard sounds . |
| 8 | In answer to a common question from those about to embark on the F-Plan : No , it is not necessary to exercise in order to shed weight . |
| 9 | X/Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever : it expects to invite 50 to 75 user groups worldwide to participate , get 35 to 50 of them actually involved and circulate 10,000 multiple-choice questionnaires in six languages : English , French , German , Spanish , Chinese and Japanese ; it is now trying to figure out how to get feedback from the non-industrial nations ; results will probably appear in Rome in early December . |
| 10 | X/Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever . |
| 11 | ‘ Also , now that the Council is well settled in its new headquarters at South Gyle and is about to embark on the implementation of Sport 2000 , the strategy designed to take sport in Scotland into the 21st Century , I believe it is a good time to hand over to someone new . ’ |
| 12 | The wolf was about to descend on the little pigs . |
| 13 | But the greatest advance in regularity was soon about to descend on the world in which I found myself : the introduction of a complex railway system which depended on exact and uniform timing over whole countries , not on the vagaries of a church steeple or a parson 's watch . |
| 14 | Anything else ? because I 'm a , I 'm about to quit on the monthly calendar cards and monthly planning . |
| 15 | A HEALTH scandal of unimaginable proportions is about to burst on the Government , experts believe . |
| 16 | Potentially an even bigger bombshell is about to burst on the vexed question of pension rights . |
| 17 | ‘ Only a rose — ’ I began as I held out my offering to my husband and I was just about to start on the second line when a Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy flew past my head and stuck with a plop on the ceiling . |
| 18 | Sukey had reached the window in her pacing and was about to start on the return journey . |
| 19 | As an example of our approach to regeneration areas , work on the redevelopment of the Crown Street project has progressed to the point where most of the roads and services are in place and work is about to start on the first 200 houses . |
| 20 | Lily , about to knock on the door to announce dinner , heard them laughing and paused , listening . |
| 21 | The Muzak reached a gap as she was about to knock on the door and she could hear he was being told by the hotel that his credit was n't good . |
| 22 | Loretta was about to knock on the window and ask for further directions , when she shrugged and gave up . |
| 23 | Before this game we were told that this was the poorest Irish team in memory , that Irish rugby was in the doldrums and that the swashbuckling French were about to turn on the after-burners and skyrocket into the stratosphere . |
| 24 | The joker exaggerated Lilley 's plight , but gave an indication of a dilemma he was about to face on the hustings . |
| 25 | I 'm about to get on the phone as well |
| 26 | whether it 's Hornsey Lane he is about to enter on the other side of Highgate Hill , or whether he has confused Highgate Hill with Highgate West Hill once again ; |