Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adv prt] for [art] [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 So the search is on for an acceptable new arrangement for increased French involvement in the military affairs of the alliance .
6 Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain .
7 The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North .
8 If the number 1 lefthand light is on for the 580 and the modular electronics and the number 1 righthand light on for earlier machines , then as we saw last month the first stitch of the pattern will fall to the right of the N1 cam , that is on needle number 14 to the left of centre .
9 And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin .
10 Tax band:Letters will start going out in mid-January informing all householders of the band which their home is in for the new council tax .
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 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 .
13 The race is on for the spare hand-outs
14 Four finalists will go through to the closing contest on Sunday when James Lockhart and the ENO orchestra provide an operatic interlude while the jury is out for the final count .
15 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 .
16 And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger .
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