Example sentences of "[was/were] on course " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major remained buoyant yesterday as he campaigned in Cambridgeshire , insisting that the Tories were on course for victory . |
| 2 | THE CONSERVATIVES were on course to secure an historic fourth consecutive term in power early today after the closest general election for 20 years . |
| 3 | So by 1 March Fleischmann and Pons believed that they were on course to getting immediate confirmation of the neutron energy spectrum from Harwell independent of Jones , whom they were increasingly viewing as an unwanted competitor . |
| 4 | They were offered the same curriculum as the rest of the unstreamed class , i.e. they were on course to fail the 11 plus . |
| 5 | What is clear however , is that rate-capping failed to produce the curbs in local spending which the government desired and in 1987 the Department of Environment , armed with the full battery of post-1979 legislation , had to concede that English local authorities were on course to exceed government expenditure targets by at least 500m ( The Times 28 October 1987 ) . |
| 6 | We were on course here . |
| 7 | We had said goodbye to GCSE options and we were on course . |
| 8 | As the event ended , they were on course to reach the £2,000 target needed to sponsor two guide dogs . |
| 9 | regular learners were numbered in 100 's and in one case 3,700 workers/managers were on courses ; |
| 10 | In the fourth frame of their third-round match , Wattana was on course for a maximum but missed the 12th black with the rest after potting the first 12 reds and 11 blacks . |
| 11 | Smith was on course to cross ahead of Steinlager 2 's track , the 84 foot ketch which won the first leg having slowed noticeably in the past two days . |
| 12 | WITH TWO days of campaigning left in the closest election for 20 years , the biggest opinion poll of the campaign indicated last night that Labour was on course to become the largest single party in a hung parliament . |
| 13 | Mr Kinnock , reaffirming his confidence that Labour was on course for an overall majority , dismissed reports that Mr Ashdown was seeking four Cabinet places in a coalition with Labour . |
| 14 | Two other surveys that gave Labour a significant lead last week — fuelling Labour hopes that Mr Kinnock was on course for an outright majority — indicated that the gap had narrowed sharply . |
| 15 | Being sure I was on course did not convince me I was going the same way as everyone else . |
| 16 | As for the May local elections , their verdict matched precisely today 's opinion polls : despite a lacklustre performance , Labour was on course to become the largest party in a hung parliament . |
| 17 | By the late 1980s , Ceauşescu was on course for creating a new type of humanity : people brought up in a squalid spiritual void , learning only outward conformity and inward cynicism . |
| 18 | I thought it right to apprise Cyril of what had happened at Muirfield , but having corresponded with the Seniors secretary , he assured me I was on course for election . |
| 19 | Output level was on course at a nicely accurate 2.075 volts , equal on both channels . |
| 20 | In doing so it reflected Brooke 's belief that the nation was on course to solving the problems of crime through a combination of diligent police methods and technology , the observation and classification of offenders , better informed sentencing decisions , improved treatment regimes in penal institutions , and social work with young offenders and ex-offenders in the community . |
| 21 | That meant a substantial breakfast , followed by a word with Posi to confirm that everything was on course and on line . |
| 22 | Mr Delors admitted that economic reality had to be taken into account , but he said the timetable of January 1 , 1999 , at the latest was on course . |
| 23 | CANADA was on course for its first woman prime minister early today as voting continued in the ruling Conservative party 's leadership election . |
| 24 | He said the Government was on course for elections to the new councils in 1995 . |
| 25 | Mr Lang also told the grand committee that figures due out this week , covering the year to December 1992 , would show marked improvements in the length of time National Health Service patients spent waiting for treatment ; a record number of patients and that the Government was on course to meet the guarantee that virtually no-one would have to wait more than 18 months for treatment . |
| 26 | He was local to the area , I think it was one of these bakers that used to used to do it but er he probably only used to do it once a week sell it once a week I think of all the people that was on course we got the best , we got the best place and er and it came out that the erm tourist information booklet . |