Example sentences of "that [pron] be [to-vb] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Gas has announced that it is to abandon its operations in Ecuador , citing economic grounds . |
| 2 | Mitsui OSK , Japan 's second-largest shipping company , has just announced that it is to close its tokkin accounts ( short-term stockmarket-punting money ) to help pay for its capital spending . |
| 3 | Transforming at a stroke the state of its balance sheet , Philips Electronics NV on Friday announced that it is to sell its 35% stake in the Japan-based Matsushita Electronics Corp to its partner in the venture , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd for a whopping $1,600m . |
| 4 | Some management companies , including Murray Johnstone — which recently reduced its initial charge from 5 to 1 p.c. — welcomed the Securities & Investment Board announcement this week that it is to review its rules on unit trusts . |
| 5 | The town of Bolton has just announced that it is to make its football hero , Nat Lofthouse , a freeman of the borough . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Berkeley 's Computer Science Research Group has announced that it is to end its work on BSD 4.4 following the final releases this year . |
| 7 | The United Democratic Front ( UDF ) , the umbrella organization for some 600 anti-apartheid organizations since August 1983 , announced on March 4 that it was to cease its activities immediately and would formally disband in August . |
| 8 | The Department of Defence announced on Jan. 11 , 1990 , that it was to streamline its weapons procurement system in a move to save $39,000 million over a five-year period ; the changes , it said , would involve some 42,000 job losses among the 600,000 staff currently engaged in some 15,000,000 transactions a year . |
| 9 | The International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , set up in 1974 by the Council of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) to co-ordinate energy policies among its participating countries , announced on March 6 that it was to withdraw its plan to release oil from its stockpiles , a measure introduced in January to boost the volume of oil available in the world market during the Gulf war [ see p. 37943 ] , since the ceasefire agreement ending Gulf hostilities would assist in the prospective restoration of normal suppliers from most oil producing nations . |
| 10 | Following a meeting of United States , United Kingdom and Hong Kong government officials in Washington on June 6 , the US government stated that it was to drop its opposition to negotiations between the UK and Vietnamese governments for the " involuntary repatriation " of Vietnamese boat people not considered to be genuine refugees , and to the possible establishment of an internationally managed centre in Vietnam to hold them on their return . |
| 11 | India announced that it was to increase its contribution to the third replenishment from $6,500,000 to $8,000,000 . |
| 12 | However , on Jan. 11 , 1990 , the United States announced that it was to cut its 1990 contribution to FAO from $70,000,000 to $18,000,000 and would consider withdrawing from the organization altogether . |