Example sentences of "is [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , the recommendation is on about the fourth |
| 2 | Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain . |
| 3 | The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North . |
| 4 | The race is on for the spare hand-outs |
| 5 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger . |
| 8 | It does so by going to a series of intermediate goals , for example the junction of the branch it is on with the main stem . |
| 9 | what is on at the local theatre ; |
| 10 | Monumental Reputation : Robert Adam and the Emperor 's Palace is on at the National Library of Scotland from 1 June to 30 September 1992 , and at Kenwood , London , from 4 November 1992 to 28 February 1993 . |
| 11 | The Boat , Caravan and Leisure show is on at the National Exhibition Centre this week and so far it 's attracted record crowds . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the race is on among the other cosmetic companies to come up with even more original ways of helping you to make the right make-up choices . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Saturday night socialising is down to the bare minimum since the children arrived . |
| 16 | Billy Corgan is down with the current spate of female bands ; he does n't begrudge them success and thinks groups like Babes in Toyland deserve their kudos . |
| 17 | It is down on the 22.6 per cent the Liberal-SDP Alliance secured in the 1987 election . |
| 18 | The FAO 's new estimate of 15.4 million hectares a year is down from the 16.9 million hectare estimate presented at last year 's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , but well above the 11.4 million hectare estimate of 1980 . |
| 19 | Des is through to the other platform while I 'm spitting out phlegm . |
| 20 | A TALENTED teenager is through to the national finals of a top competition for electric pianos . |
| 21 | The sooner this is over with the better . ’ |
| 22 | Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new . |
| 23 | ‘ Sometimes it does get me down , but I get over that and then it is off to the next place . ’ |
| 24 | When he went home to his parents ' house in Ealing or to the Barbican , his grandmother drove him the mile and a half to Rickmansworth station , which is up on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line . |
| 25 | In future , schools will publish more information in a comparable format , so that parents can see easily whether their child 's school is up with the best . |
| 26 | Mr Delors insists that it is up to the pontifical authorities to check that everything is above board . |
| 27 | Sound is up to the usual Pearl standard , and the disc is a long overdue tribute to the ‘ Pride of Manchester ’ who died there less than a decade ago . |
| 28 | PROBABLY THE best of the regular compilation series , ‘ Warehouse Raves 7 ’ is up to the usual standard . |
| 29 | It is up to the new Parliament to take final decisions . |
| 30 | However you view the almost indecent haste of sports organisations in South Africa to make themselves acceptable to the outside world , it is up to the individual governments to lift their own exclusions . |