Example sentences of "is already [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Chelsea ground where John Major and David Mellor spent their Saturdays in quieter times is the prize in a tussle which is already into extra-time and looks like heading for a replay .
2 Eurodisney , though , is already under construction , which Eurotunnel was not when it was floated , and as one stockbroking analyst commented : ‘ It is on budget , overground and only two-and-a-half year 's from completion . ’
3 The second extruder line is already under construction and footings for the new 20,000 sq ft warehouse are being prepared .
4 The last point is already under attack with the Rochester development team looking to see whether the multiprocessor AS/400s — such as the four-way F95 — can be made more robust .
5 TO PROPHESY the rebirth of local railways sounds like pious hopefulness ; to declare that the process is already under way invites outright scorn .
6 Reglazing there is already under way by Express Glass Contractors , a company with experience gained from replacing windows destroyed by an IRA bomb in Whitehall Place earlier this year .
7 The £750 million upgrading of the Central Line is already under way , to be followed by a similar programme on the Northern Line ; the Jubilee Line extension and Crossrail will follow .
8 In these circumstances , the RICS will have completely to relinquish control over curricula content to approved universities , polytechnics and colleges — a process which , as we have seen , is already under way .
9 I should be surprised if a change at the top alters a necessary reorganization which is already under way . ’
10 This ambitious project , the planning of which is already under way , will be one of the most significant Christian unity events to be held in the North East .
11 Apart from raising taxes , the Government hopes to be able to curb its spending programmes , and a review is already under way .
12 There are indications that a major reappraisal of curriculum content and access is already under way and seems to be well supported by teachers .
13 The enquiry is already under way .
14 The project is already under way and is apparently focused on the speed at which programs run .
15 This change is already under way in what used to be the most clearly defined of all departments — research .
16 The process by which , in Dickens 's later writing , objects become more animate than human beings is already under way .
17 Otto 's dismembered body has been found in the tunnel , a murder investigation is already under way .
18 Chief tourism officer for Blackpool Barry says work is already under way to improve the sea water there .
19 Where the gathering is already under way when the decision to impose conditions is taken , the section permits the ‘ most senior in rank of the police officers present at the scene ’ to impose the conditions .
20 Work is already under way on 72 of these centres , which will be built along the highways of the country .
21 One project which is already under way , is looking at the impact of new ‘ high technology ’ industry along the M4 Corridor , and the focus here is on the relationship between new industrial methods , local labour markets and changing patterns of social life .
22 The sporadic shutting off of town centres by selective use of barriers is already under way to stop the bombers .
23 Since let signifies here not intervening in some event which is already under way , it is obvious that the letting must be thought of as coinciding in time with the actualization of the other event .
24 in the UK , a major investment programme in the Park Royal Brewery is already under way .
25 By the wonderful smell I assume dinner is already under way , so just tell me what else you intend us to eat and I 'll see to it . ’
26 Legal action is already under way .
27 ‘ That inquiry by staff of the county education department is already under way , ’ he said .
28 While the market testing process is already under way and Scottish prisons assume decentralised ‘ agency status ’ on 1 April , there has been repeated Scottish Office denial of any intention to institute a private prison .
29 Teachers using Fast Forward find the material is already under control and organized ideally to ensure rapid progress .
30 Vincent Hickey is already under observation after being discovered with slash wounds in his cell at Long Lartin jail near Evesham .
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