Example sentences of "[is] [adv] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 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 | I am a bit annoyed so I said do n't get messed about I said this is the whole point cos if , if you get over there and there 's and it 's only for a bloody week it 'll be annoying . |
| 6 | Always close and lock all doors and windows when you leave your caravan — even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 7 | To protect your bike , always lock it every time you leave it , even if it 's only for a few minutes . |
| 8 | It 's only for a few minutes till I buy these and then you can have a turn at walking . |
| 9 | Even if it 's only for a few days both you and your baby will benefit . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's only for a few days , Elinor , and it 's just an hour and a half away from London . |
| 11 | Anyway , it 's only for a few weeks , you said . |
| 12 | It 's only for a little while . |
| 13 | Er making yourself feel good even if it 's only for a short time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 16 | Summers was quoted in national newspapers as saying : ‘ If Sugar thinks we are a run of the mill first division club , he is in for a big shock . |
| 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 | Geoff Wildinson , assistant director for filed work , recognises the SSD is in for a tough time . |
| 19 | So MacDonald reckons he 's in for a hard night at Broomfield on Tuesday . |
| 20 | He is away for a few days , in the country . ’ |
| 21 | She 's away for a few days . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's away for a few days . |
| 23 | If the charge on the property in favour of the husband is not for a fixed amount but is expressed to be equivalent , for example , to one third of the net proceeds of sale , then the husband has acquired a chargeable asset ( Marren v Ingles [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 983 ) and payment of the capital sum by way of redemption of the charge would appear to be a disposal for capital gains tax purposes ( TCGA 1992 , s22 ) . |
| 24 | The aim of treatment is not for a young child to lose weight as it would be in an adult , but to maintain their weight or make below normal weight gain ( Dietz 1984 ) . |
| 25 | How d , I 'm sorry I do n't understand how you know the local preference is not for a new settlement . |
| 26 | Sometimes you might have a vision for an entire song and sometimes the vision is just for a particular part that relates to the next particular part . ’ |
| 27 | I did this but it 's not for a few weeks time for my presentation on Freud , or |
| 28 | Then it 's home for a well-earned cup of coffee , and sleep . |
| 29 | You audit a job and it does n't conform to procedures , , there are procedures to deal with it , it 's probably for a major change to that . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr Drewer 's out for a few minutes — can I help ? ’ his secretary asked . |