Example sentences of "[is] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain . |
| 2 | The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North . |
| 3 | The race is on for the spare hand-outs |
| 4 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's only for the one night . ’ |
| 8 | See even if it 's only for the three days |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Chalmers will be at Netherdale this afternoon hoping to see his club finish off their Division I season with a win over Gala , but no matter what happens , Melrose — Andy Purves is in for the injured Gary Parker — will be presented with the Championship Trophy after the match by the Scottish Rugby Union president , Robin Charters . |
| 11 | The visiting service is especially for the housebound , lonely or depressed . |
| 12 | That 's not to say disk caching is only for the impoverished . |
| 13 | Premier League chief Rick Parry has been invited but it is only for the 14 clubs . |
| 14 | There were Fred , aged 70 , and Betty , aged 66 , who embarked on a trial relationship in defiance of the prevailing belief that sex is only for the under-35s . |
| 15 | This sort of reading is only for the dedicated follower of the history of taste , though any reader particularly interested in a picture may find within a single catalogue entry an acutely discriminating judgement or interesting facts ; for example , Tietze 's entry also points out that Manet so much admired the Tintoretto self-portrait that he made a copy of it . |
| 16 | On granting or transferring a restricted hotel licence or a restaurant licence in respect of any premises , a licensing board shall , if as regards the use of the premises for the provision of the customary main meals it appears to the board that it is only for the customary main meal at midday or only for the customary main meal in the evening that the premises fall within paragraph ( a ) ( ii ) of the restricted hotel licence or paragraph ( a ) ( ii ) of the restaurant licence as set out in Schedule 1 to this Act , insert in the licence a condition that there shall be no permitted hours in the evening , or that there shall be permitted hours in the premises only in the evening , as the case requires . |
| 17 | But in sub-Saharan Africa , for example , television is only for the privileged few , whereas radio surpasses all other media in terms of audience . |
| 18 | It is only for the last century and a half that a direct picture becomes a convincing possibility . |
| 19 | Although Britain has been occupied by man for more than 25,000 years , in a form of intermittent visits over long periods between glaciations , it is only for the last 12,000 years or so that the country has been continuously occupied , with people moving into Britain permanently to exploit what resources were available . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's enough for the first time . ’ |
| 21 | She 's abroad — she 's away for the entire year on sabbatical … |
| 22 | Similarly , the discussion of fermentation and metabolism is not for the unwary — eg the suggestion that the low selectivity of P(HB3) conversion from butyric acid in alcaligenes is mainly due to concomitant polyphosphate formation . |
| 23 | It is not for the right hon. Gentleman to ask questions about tax , given the very high public spending commitments to which his party is committed . |
| 24 | Corrieshalloch Gorge is not for the timid and sufferers from nightmares but it must be seen . |
| 25 | In arguing this he not only collapses the specificity of consumption but also misrepresents the relationship between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ in Marx 's argument , for it is not for the individual consumer to recognize himself in another individual 's product anyway , but to recognize the socially-imprinted character and meaning of the product … and so to find in it the satisfaction of ‘ need ’ ( ibid : 30 ) . |
| 26 | This high level route is not for the faint hearted — as well as being longer than the Pennine Way it involves much more climbing . |
| 27 | These should include mild and hot peppers ( the jalapeño pepper is not for the faint hearted ) , and tomato sauces for tacos which can also be used for many other dishes . |
| 28 | Job sharing is not for the faint hearted : it demands complete commitment . |
| 29 | Since 1990 she has really began to surface with work which is not for the faint hearted . |
| 30 | The temperamental JAP engine ( right ) is not for the nervous . |