There is a general election in the offing.
Who would have guessed that elections were in the offing?
Indeed, there are ominous proofs in the military sphere that such an attack is in the offing.
No nuclear station has been ordered since 1970 and there is only one in the offing for 1976.
There is every evidence from recent history to suggest that if something is in the offing, people will take serious and dilatory action beforehand.
Is that in the offing, or in cold storage?
As so often happens when summits are in the offing, we have high hopes of this one.
Excise duty applies to all cars, not just new ones, and there is no mandatory use of unleaded petrol in the offing.
