Example sentences of "set [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 With interest rates set to fall in the medium term this must augur well for values .
2 NVQs set to extend across the Group
3 Set to kick off the programme at MAC on Saturday 29 September is the British premiere of MASALA an irreverent tragi-comedy set amongst Toronto 's middle-class Asian community starring Saeed Jaffrey .
4 With the number of cars on our roads set to double by the year twenty-twenty-five , : our environment reporter Harriet Ryley considers whether we really NEED more roads .
5 Then harnesses the horse , the caravan is ready , all set to roll behind the thrusting black .
6 All set to return to the fray ?
7 Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Fujitsu Ltd have now completed preparations for their Fujitsu-AMD Semiconductor Ltd joint venture on Flash memories , and groundbreaking for a $700m wafer fabrication facility in Aizu-Wakamatsu , Japan , is set for June with operations set to begin in the fourth quarter of this year .
8 And the success story is set to continue into the Premier League if John King 's team produce more performances like the one which saw off promotion rivals Leicester .
9 And that bleak , midwintry oulook is set to continue over the weekend , I 'm afraid .
10 Physical expansion is set to continue in the remainder of the current year with 20 trading outlets , representing 100,000 sq ft on top of the existing 694,500 , due to open .
11 And the momentum is set to continue after the day of protest with the publication of a trespass guide to the Thurlstone Moor area .
12 Lastly , the number of potential first-time buyers in their 20s was set to fall over the next two decades , reducing demand for homes .
13 The percentage went up last year , but the amount of the levy is still set to fall over the 1990s .
14 In September the Council warned that wheat stocks held by the five biggest exporters — Argentina , Australia , Canada , the European Commodities and the USA , were set to fall by the end of the 1989-90 season to levels not seen since the food crisis of the mid-1970's .
15 My single bronze maggot bait on a size 20 Kamasan B510 barbless hook is set to trip through the swim one inch off the bottom to stop it dragging in any rubbish .
16 SEVENTEEN of the 30 seats on Derry City Council are set to go to the SDLP .
17 A FAN-tastic collection of antiques is set to go under the hammer in Liverpool .
18 Now on top of her injuries her insurance is set to go through the roof
19 He was all set to go in the summer , and he ran away .
20 He was set to go in the autumn , but he did not run away from that one — he got the editors of five friendly newspapers to run away for him .
21 There was now a captive market for British films , and that market would expand steadily through the ten years the act was set to remain on the statute book .
22 Finding the work ‘ quite fun ’ , from then on his commercial career was set to remain in the media industry , moving in 1980 to be director of Pearson 's information and entertainment division then , in 1984 , becoming managing director of Virgin group where , operationally , he was responsible for the record , video , entertainment and retail businesses ( including the group 's Megastores ) .
23 Other state legislation is set to come before the Supreme Court in 1992–3 , including measures that outlaw abortion except where the woman 's life is endangered , which would make it very difficult for the justices to avoid considering the continuing validity of the Roe decision ( McKeever , 1993 , pp. 82–127 ; Guardian , 30 June 1992 , p. 24 ) .
24 The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months .
25 After all , the slickers he is set to meet in the Lionel Vick Handicap Chase include two winners at the Cheltenham Festival .
26 In spite of high interest rates , price inflation at the factory gate has varied from 4.8-5.2 per cent during the past seven months with little indication that it is set to slip below the range .
27 The prevalence rate of mental disorders — the proportion of the total population affected — is set to increase around the globe by the year 2000 .
28 As the EADT reported last month , the number of fundholders in Essex is set to soar over the next year .
29 Warhurst was originally set to jump aboard the Kenny Dalglish bandwagon for £3 million last month , but the deal was put on ice when Wednesday failed to land Brian Deane from neighbours Sheffield United as replacement .
30 The European Commission is set to rule on the dispute at the end of the month .
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