Example sentences of "about [verb] a new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCOTVEC is about to launch a new type of qualification — general Scottish Vocational Qualifications . |
| 2 | And the Robert Maxwell empire was just about to launch a new magazine called World Development . |
| 3 | I understand that Rolls-Royce and one of the German companies — Mercedes , I believe — are about to open a new factory in Poland or eastern Germany . |
| 4 | Scottish Nuclear 's ‘ Follow That Dog ’ sweatshirt are about to set a new trend in Scottish fashion — and we 're giving five away in our special Bulletin competition . |
| 5 | He took the cheroot from his mouth and peered at its slobbered-on green end , as if it were a reptilian rump about to grow a new tail . |
| 6 | We are about to buy a new tank , 72″ × 24″ × 24″ , for a Red-tailed Catfish . |
| 7 | Mr Gluckstern is about to manage a new subsidiary , Zurich Reinsurance Centre . |
| 8 | The Officers are about to do a new review , and a the moment all costs of erm residents ' parking is borne centrally , and we the Conservatives think that if erm there was a charge on permits to cover the cost it would give a change to other areas of the City , and the majority of people would be prepared erm to pay , and I think this is coming up in the Officer 's Review . |
| 9 | Leslie , who first hit the big time on kiddies ' show Crackerjack , was about to host a new TV series of Stars In Their Eyes — nominated for an award as Britain 's best light entertainment show . |
| 10 | The question I pose is the one that I asked at the beginning of my speech : do those in government and opposition have the courage to set about creating a new beginning to bring about peace , political stability , and an end to the tensions between Ireland and Britain , and can they bring the beginnings of hope for my constituents and the people in the north of Ireland ? |
| 11 | THE DEPARTMENT of Industry ( DoI ) is about to appoint a new recruit to knit together Britain 's activities in satellite mapping . |
| 12 | H Street are now about to release a new video , cunningly titled Not the New H Street Video . |
| 13 | And you 're about to have a new stepmother . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 're just about to have a new camera and darkroom ’ , he said , ‘ and then we shall only be about ten years behind the times . ’ |
| 15 | After 105 years of struggle against brutal colonial rule , the Namibian people are about to begin a new chapter in their history . |
| 16 | Rod Wallace is about to sign a new contract that will run to the end of 97/98 . |
| 17 | I 'm about to sign a new contract that makes me virtually a Santa Barbara resident , and we locals do n't mix with you tourists ! ’ |
| 18 | With antagonism growing between the Communists and their CNT and POUM rivals , the politics of Republican Spain were about to enter a new phase . |
| 19 | Carl was about to enter a new career — as a school-teacher . |