Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has now been accepted for a transplant operation at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the search is on for a suitable bone marrow donor . |
| 2 | With Horton and his assistant David Moss gone … the search is on for a new management team … what happens now … that 's what managing director Keith Cox has got to decide |
| 3 | With Horton and his assistant David Moss gone … the search is on for a new management team … what happens now … that 's what managing director Keith Cox has got to decide |
| 4 | The search is on for a Conservative candidate to succeed the black barrister involved in a race row at the last general election . |
| 5 | Turnover is up by a similar amount at more than eight hundred and twenty two million pounds . |
| 6 | Figures in the CBI report show that manufacturing output in the past decade , at precisely the same point in the economic cycle , is up by a quarter , investment is up by a third , productivity is up by a half and manufactured exports are up by nearly three quarters . |
| 7 | Compared with 10 years ago , at the same point in the economic cycle , output is up by nearly a quarter , investment is up by a third , manufacturing productivity is up by more than a half and manufacturing exports are up by nearly three quarters . |
| 8 | If we take a 10-year view , we see that manufacturing investment is up by a third in comparison with a similar part of the same cycle . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman knows that if we compare the position now with that of 10 years ago — at the same stage of the economic cycle — we see that manufacturing output is up by a quarter , manufacturing investment is up by a third , manufacturing productivity is up by more than a half , and manufactured exports are up by almost three quarters . |
| 10 | Again , this all helps with cementing the initial relationship and if the first impression is a good one , the practitioner is off to a flying start , which could help if there are difficulties at a later stage with the transaction . |
| 11 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 12 | But my guess is that the Festival is on to a real winner in the merchandising stakes , having seen bits of the logo featured in imaginative guises on clothing , stationary , mugs , and even Festival cheques . |
| 13 | The Athlone Angling Festival is back after a two year absence caused by the problem of Irish fishing licences and the death of orgaaniser Sean Egan . |
| 14 | Second-choice keeper Gary Walsh went into hospital yesterday for a knee operation and third string Ian Wilkinson is out with a broken wrist . |
| 15 | all that needs saying is that Mould is back in a big way … |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman is on to a weak point . |
| 17 | In my experience , perfect compromises are unusual animals , and I fear that the hon. Gentleman is in for a disillusioning experience if the tax is ever brought into practice . |
| 18 | Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon |
| 19 | Geoff Wildinson , assistant director for filed work , recognises the SSD is in for a tough time . |
| 20 | Ian Ferguson will make his comeback with the reserves and Ian Durrant is back from a short holiday on Monday . |
| 21 | That 22-month-old Limousin X is out of a Simmental Angus cow and was bred by Peter Walker , Easterside , Dunnottar . |
| 22 | ONE OF Britain 's most successful offshore construction yards is in with a good chance of winning a major order that could secure its future for a year . |
| 23 | Bob is off to a Healing Service . |
| 24 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
| 25 | The national dailies loved this and immediately jumped on Morrissey 's back in a typical display of hounding . |
| 26 | Cat Johnson , the Leicester player-coach , has injured an ankle , Dave Harris is out with a recurring leg injury , and Pat Morrison was released last week . |
| 27 | FORMER window fitter Thomas Carter is off to a flying start in his new career . |
| 28 | After a one-year hiatus the Honeywell Bracknell Half-marathon is back with a new route and a new date , June 7 . |
| 29 | If that can happen to one of the most prestigious shopping streets in the world , we can be sure that dispossessin' is in for a good run . |
| 30 | Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start . |