Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A son of Green Desert , Magic Ring is out of an Empery mare and there are indications that he will stay a mile despite the amazing speed he displayed as a juvenile . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 |
| 5 | The search is on for a Conservative candidate to succeed the black barrister involved in a race row at the last general election . |
| 6 | So the search is on for an acceptable new arrangement for increased French involvement in the military affairs of the alliance . |
| 7 | Turnover is up by a similar amount at more than eight hundred and twenty two million pounds . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor . |
| 14 | Only five weeks after having a baby , Sukey 's figure was back to an enviable slimness . |
| 15 | Being higher than the policemen on the ground , I could see that most of the action was down to a half-a-dozen women wearing anoraks with the hoods up . |
| 16 | Some Orcadian cat was in for a good supper . |
| 17 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 18 | Accordingly , instead of the war being over in a short time — as was thought by many — it became literally bogged down in trench warfare never previously experienced . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | all that needs saying is that Mould is back in a big way … |
| 23 | The hon. Gentleman is on to a weak point . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | It fell to Warrant Officer Dunston to ensure the service was up to an impeccable standard , not an easy task in the boiling heat of the summer of 1989 . |
| 27 | In February 1989 inflation was down to a monthly rate of 3.6 per cent compared with 28.8 per cent in December 1988 and 37 per cent in January 1989 , but accelerated sharply over the following months , reaching a monthly rate of 53.55 per cent by December . |
| 28 | By late August 1982 , with the start of Iraqi attacks on Kharg Island ( which in Iran 's peak production years in the 1970s handled nearly all the country 's export volume ) , the volume was down to a meagre 700,000 b/d from 1.8 million the preceding month . |
| 29 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
| 30 | The former Northern Ireland champion won the first frame 71-45 but McCluskey took the second 57-37 and it seemed as though the Ulsterman was in for a tough fight . |