Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [is] about [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giles Gordon has sold two thrillers by ex- Mirror editor Mike Malloy to Caroline Upcher at Sinclair-Stevenson , who has already published Sweet Sixteen and is about to publish his Cat 's Paw . |
| 2 | The Act also empowers the police to set up roadblocks to discover whether vehicles contain anyone who has witnessed , committed or is about to commit a serious crime . |
| 3 | the dog is worrying or is about to worry the livestock and there are not other reasonable means of ending or preventing the worrying ; or |
| 4 | Captain America is pensive and is about to deliver the film 's conscience , the message to the counter-culture , the moral of the story : ‘ You know , Billy , we blew it . ’ |
| 5 | His business , born last June with $75 000 from a venture capitalist , has been valued at $1 million and is about to market a three-dimensional video golf game which simulates a championship course in California . |