Example sentences of "is [adv] for a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Geoff Wildinson , assistant director for filed work , recognises the SSD is in for a tough time . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | How d , I 'm sorry I do n't understand how you know the local preference is not for a new settlement . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | I have suggested that the channels for the light can be made strong through effort , training and discipline ; this is mainly for a particular purpose , such as writing or singing . |
| 15 | It is doubtful if the material is there for a first-class combination . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I think we 've got to help them because there is still a lot of poverty and the potential is there for a social explosion , ’ he says . |
| 17 | The return day is either for a pre-trial review ( summons form N3 ) or for the trial of the action ( N4 ) . |
| 18 | The quantum limit on detectable strain is therefore for a modern antenna . |