Example sentences of "about to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the villain is about to be unveiled what does she do , she throws the sand in the face of her pursuers . |
| 2 | Having learnt its worst fears were about to be realised , that it would be handed over to Chinese rule in 1997 without external protections or guarantees , it immediately put the best possible face on its situation . |
| 3 | Road pricing is now firmly established in Singapore and the windscreen stickers are about to be superseded by electronics . |
| 4 | The scheme was now financially viable , and the last instalment of a private start-up loan of substantially less than £1m was about to be repaid . |
| 5 | ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Devon are recording the 5,000-year history of a valley which is about to be flooded to form one of Britain 's largest reservoirs . |
| 6 | Their subjects range from property and land ( in contrast to the country-wide bill about to be discussed in the Moscow Supreme Soviet , Estonia will explicitly recognise private ownership ) to migration and — most delicate of all — currency and finance . |
| 7 | Twenty-three trainee lawyers are already in post , with 175 about to be interviewed . |
| 8 | Private polls conducted for the Tory Party have shown concern among voters that the service , like water and electricity , is about to be sold off . |
| 9 | The Springbok stand-off is not about to be signed up in south Wales . |
| 10 | ‘ I would hardly be joining a group if I felt it was about to be taken over . |
| 11 | The emphasis at this committee is on records which have just been released , or which are about to be released . |
| 12 | In late June 1919 Eliot went to Garsington , but cut short his visit to stay with Peters who was about to be demobbed from the US Navy . |
| 13 | What seems to be about to be a tour of London given by ‘ a real live Britisher , — |
| 14 | As soon as Moran saw McQuaid on his feet again he knew the evening , all the evenings , were about to be broken up and he withdrew back into himself . |
| 15 | He looked as if he was about to be sick . |
| 16 | Indeed its strength is about to be doubled from about 5,000 to 10,000 . |
| 17 | A badly bogged Challenger tank about to be extricated |
| 18 | On the way , they stopped at a farmhouse that was about to be put up for sale . |
| 19 | Mr Lorenzo contends he fired in self-defence because he was about to be run down by the motorcycle , which was being chased by a police car . |
| 20 | PLANS to reduce chronic delays in paying compensation for criminal injuries are about to be announced by the Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , after criticism that some victims are having to wait more than two years for an award . |
| 21 | The company , whose profits for the year to September rose by 16 per cent to £1.66 million , said commercial opportunities , particularly for radio , were about to be expanded significantly . |
| 22 | The company , whose profits for the year to September rose by 16 per cent to £1.66 million , said commercial opportunities , particularly for radio , were about to be expanded significantly . |
| 23 | Other developments included the Foreign Ministry calling for prompt talks with Moscow about the withdrawal of the 75,000 Red Army troops stationed in the country and signs that the diplomatic corps was about to be purged . |
| 24 | An individual suspecting that an unwarranted invasion of privacy may about to be published would be able to approach the council 's director , who , when satisfied of this , ‘ should instantly contact the editor and put him on notice of the complaint . |
| 25 | Aston Villa , with eight wins from their previous nine League matches , managed to nudge Liverpool 's writing arm in the first half every time a cogent word or telling flourish was about to be penned . |
| 26 | PERHAPS the biggest distortion to the scales of justice in Eng land and Wales is about to be removed . |
| 27 | According to a Yugoslav newspaper report yesterday , which quoted Uefa 's vice-president Freddy Rumo , Dinamo are about to be disbanded . |
| 28 | Dexy 's songs were a series of manifestos and clarion calls for a new , pure music , always about to be born . |
| 29 | BAOR was about to be equipped with US Corporal and Honest John missiles with their nuclear warheads held by American custodial teams . |
| 30 | The governments of Christian-dominated Lebanon and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan feared that Nasser-inspired coups were about to be sprung in Beirut and Amman . |