Example sentences of "[is] [adv prt] 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 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 .
8 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 .
9 Surf 's up for the tidal wave of the year .
10 Money-Go-Round : Time 's up for the secret savers
11 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 .
12 In fact , the proposed mass redundancy in and around the mining industry was probably the straw that broke the camel 's back for the British people .
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