Example sentences of "[is] [adv prt] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the search is on to find the top dog among an entry of eight hundred collies , German shepherds and even poodles . |
| 2 | If you know such a coach then nominate him/her now because the search is on to find the 1993 Coach of the Year . |
| 3 | The ‘ meaning ’ theist is capable of recognising that he or she considers the problem in a mutual dialogue with the ‘ meaning ’ atheist , that each is out to convince the other and that each may convert the other to his or her views . |
| 4 | This means that nobody is around to use the local amenities including shops , taxi services , libraries and the like . |
| 5 | In case you 're not fluent in Japanese , Katharine Over is telling her friend Lucy that she 's about to join the Prime Minister on a diplomatic mission . |
| 6 | Now he 's about to get the follow-up treatment he could n't get at home . |
| 7 | The snub has sparked fears that the Clinton administration is about to put the two countries ' special relationship on hold in retaliation for Tory support of George Bush in the presidential campaign . |
| 8 | And he 's also managed to sneak in some live music from Mary Chapin Carpenter , who 's been touring Scotland this week and is about to hit the big time . |
| 9 | ANOTHER Spitfire is about to join the airworthy ranks of World War Two 's most famous fighter . |
| 10 | Doc Martens is about to enter the lucrative clothing accessory market and intends to open its own superstore in London next year . |
| 11 | The form tutor , even with the best information technology support system , is about to assume the considerable duties of maintaining the total child record . |
| 12 | The company is about to launch the Historic Voters Roll , which will complement Infolink 's Electoral Register . |
| 13 | A currency which gradually adjusts up or down over a period of time , depending on the intrinsic strength of the economy which supports it , is much less likely to attract the eye of the speculator than one which is about to burst the artificial dam which has been built around it . |
| 14 | Just as physics and chemistry helped to modernize biology and moved it to centre stage during the past thirty years , I believe that biology is about to augment the social sciences greatly and move them to centre stage . |
| 15 | However , for one rural Irish town , the war is about to become the supporting act because Madam macAdam has arrived and she and her troupe of travelling players are stuck without a drop of petrol to be had . |
| 16 | From the Atlantic to the Urals , European football is about to become the biggest common market of all . |
| 17 | Rod is about to become the latest victim of the slump in exotic cars . ’ |
| 18 | The National Health Service Management Executive is about to review the weighted capitation formula in the light of the 1991 census data . |
| 19 | Fat , he believes , is about to follow the same trend . |