Example sentences of "is [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susan Bumstead , barmaid at The Tap , with the ale going that is down a treat in Italy |
| 2 | Note — access to ship is down a sloping gang plank . |
| 3 | Europe lags some way behind the US in demanding clean diesels , and agriculture is down the timeline from trucks . |
| 4 | Larkins Farm at Chiddingstone in Kent is up a narrow , highhedged lane and over two bridges from the Tonbridge road . |
| 5 | Mr Honecker is up a pole and all the ladders offered him to climb down would be an admission of failure . |
| 6 | Peak power is up a useful 20bhp to 189bhp at 5900rpm while torque receives a similar hike to 177lb ft at 4700rpm . |
| 7 | Mr Sylvester is up a gum tree . ’ |
| 8 | The only way out of this is up a spout . |
| 9 | If we compare this stage in the economic cycle with the previous stage , we see that output is up a quarter , investment is up a third , productivity is up a half and exports are up three quarters . |
| 10 | If we compare this stage in the economic cycle with the previous stage , we see that output is up a quarter , investment is up a third , productivity is up a half and exports are up three quarters . |
| 11 | If we compare this stage in the economic cycle with the previous stage , we see that output is up a quarter , investment is up a third , productivity is up a half and exports are up three quarters . |
| 12 | British Gas Somerset District engineers had quite a challenge to install the new gas supply , as the castle is up a 60° gradient hill and then 300 metres of pipe had to ‘ scale ’ ramparts and battlements to the new meter . |
| 13 | ‘ That bloke must think his petrol consumption is up the spout , ’ Gary remarked , looking at the gauge . |
| 14 | On the opposite side of the creek to Down in the Sewer is Up the Creek , HVS 5a which climbs the centre of the steep wall and the grooves above , ascended by A. Thornton & M. Evans . |
| 15 | ‘ Players who whack someone when the play is up the other end of the field are cowards . |
| 16 | I would say that three months is about the maximum , and that long before this period is up the confection , like a fresh fruit sorbet stored in the deep freeze , has lost its exquisite flavour and the edge has gone from the sharp scent . |
| 17 | Chairmen of football clubs are only in the papers and on the radio when the team is up the creek . |
| 18 | The correct answers were : British Rail 's racing promotion is Back a winner by train ; The Classic race run at Doncaster is the Coalite St Leger . |
| 19 | What the Independent very badly needs is very solid professional newspaper management er to go along with the good franchise which it has created erm and a proper owner who can actually er do what all of us in newspapers have to do from times to times which is back a promising newspaper . |
| 20 | THE new Cosmetics to Go catalogue is out a treat for all those who like a good read as well as nice things . |
| 21 | His mother tells me he is out every night at some ‘ do ’ ' or other . |
| 22 | Usually , but not always , the ball of the slip indicator is out the other way . |
| 23 | Their priorities to me is out the window , if you understand my meaning . |
| 24 | that is out the equation it 's er one thing I 've got to haggle with Graham on . |
| 25 | The fruit house is around a century old |
| 26 | Looking back , Jean believes that is around the time Brian 's feelings for her changed . |
| 27 | According to Visser ( 1966 : 669 ) , it is around the time of the passage from Old to Middle English that one witnesses the beginning of this " shrinkage " of the non-past , which loses more and more ground to the constructions with will and shall . |