Example sentences of "[is] to [be] [vb pp] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oil companies were the main beneficiaries on news that the Petroleum Revenue Tax is to be cut on existing North Sea oil fields and scrapped on new fields . |
| 2 | By 1993 , a HK$4bn airport that is to be built on reclaimed land off the island of Taipa is due to be opened . |
| 3 | HOTELIERS have slammed as discriminating and illegal the confirmation that VAT is to be levied on packed lunches . |
| 4 | If registration is to be based on likely rather than actual harm this must be supported by professional judgement , findings on investigation , or research data ( para 6.39(ii) ) . |
| 5 | A high-end , on-line transaction processing version of Texas Instruments Inc 's Information Enginering Facility CASE package ( which comes from its JMA Information Engineering Ltd subsidiary ) , is to be developed on Sequent Computer Systems Inc 's Symmetry 2000 system . |
| 6 | THE controversial film Cathy Come Home is to be screened on British television for the first time in 17 years in as attempt to highlight the plight of the homeless . |
| 7 | The system costs $4,000 to $18,000 depending on the size of the server and as well as being available on the NCR System 3000 family is also available on the HP 9000 line through Independence Technologies Inc , Fremont , California , and it is to be offered on other non-NCR systems shortly . |
| 8 | If the money so raised in a modern equivalent of this lottery is to be wasted on similar luxuries , it would be better if we saved our money or spent it on necessities . |
| 9 | HOLLYWOOD 'S version of Andrew Morton 's controversial best seller , Diana : Her True Story , is to be shown on British television . |
| 10 | But he points out that recent government pronouncements suggest the squeeze is to be put on public spending once more . |
| 11 | John Whitehead , Conservative member for the Thaxted , who backed the decision to close the local hospital said £10 million is to be spent on improving facilities at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow . |
| 12 | Three quarters of this is to be spent on improving housing , water supplies , sewage , roads , and communication networks to Aboriginal communities . |
| 13 | Certainly , it is sometimes said that a claim for conspiracy gives the plaintiff procedural advantages , but the reality of this may turn on how far it is to be held on ordinary principles that instigation or procurement suffices to make a person who does not participate in the act a joint tortfeasor . |