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groupe verbal > expressions du futur
futur programmé, inéluctable
be + set + toviseur -> BV
(variation de be + toviseur -> BV)
headscarf ban is set to become law
Jodi murderer [ is ] set to appeal
Teenage killer Luke Mitchell is intending to appeal his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend Jodi Jones. Mitchell, 16, has lodged an "intimation of intention to appeal", the Justiciary Office at the High Court in Edinburgh confirmed. He was ordered to serve at least 20 years before being considered for parole after being found guilty of killing 14-year-old Jodi. Headline and full text, PA, 15.2.2005.
A hi-tech device that can bring speeding cars to a halt at the flick of a switch is set to become the latest weapon in the fight against crime.
Police
test hi-tech zapper that could end car chases,
France divided as headscarf ban is set to become law
The government, the media and the feminists say the Islamic scarf is a repressive symbol, but many French Muslims say the debate is racist
Headline
and sub,
UN [ is ] set to appeal for halt in the bombing
War on
Terrorism: Observer special
Jason Burke, Peshawar
The United Nations is set to issue an unprecedented appeal to the United States and its coalition allies to halt the war on Afghanistan and allow time for a huge relief operation. UN sources in Pakistan said growing concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country - in part, they say, caused by the relentless bombing campaign - has forced them to take the radical step. Aid officials estimate that up to 7.5 million Afghans might be threatened with starvation.
Headline and §1, O,
21.10.2001,
UK: Politics Total handgun ban [ is ] set to become law in Britain
A total ban on handguns in Britain is set to become law after the Government extended it to include the disabled and competition shooters. The Firearms (Amendment) Bill extends the handgun ban introduced
in the wake of the Dunblane
massacre to include all smaller .22 weapons. by the House of Lords that would have allowed disabled people
to carry on using small-calibre
weapons. to reverse another amendment by peers, which would have allowed international competition shooters
to continue
practising at approved centres. where peers can try to insist on their amendments but are unlikely to do so, allowing the measure to go for Royal Assent.
Headline and first §§, BBC,
4.11.1997,
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