Example sentences of "is [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my guess is that the Festival is on to a real winner in the merchandising stakes , having seen bits of the logo featured in imaginative guises on clothing , stationary , mugs , and even Festival cheques . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman is on to a weak point . |
| 3 | So any cream or potion which implies ( the advertising standards authority objects to claims that can not be proven ) that your skin will look more radiant and youthful is on to a good thing . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The search is on for a Conservative candidate to succeed the black barrister involved in a race row at the last general election . |
| 8 | ONE OF Britain 's most successful offshore construction yards is in with a good chance of winning a major order that could secure its future for a year . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 11 | INTERNATIONAL flanker Denis McBride is in for a busy 12 months following his confirmation as Malone skipper for a second consecutive season . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 15 | Geoff Wildinson , assistant director for filed work , recognises the SSD is in for a tough time . |
| 16 | The McBrides Fashions series is down to a two-horse points . |
| 17 | Yet only 30 miles or so away the " Purbeckian " is down to a mere 3 feet , with no obvious breaks , on the French cliffs near Boulogne . |
| 18 | This is down to a local council 's Engineers Department who provide the street names for new developments . |
| 19 | The hole you dig should be round , not square , since there is much less effort expended in digging a round hole — and if the digging is down through a grassed surface the size of the hole can be anticipated and one complete turf taken out to be replaced later . |
| 20 | Silksworth professional Keith Trotter is off to a good start while Houghton are thankful that they injury to Neil Bainbridge is not as serious as first thought . |
| 21 | Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start . |
| 22 | Bob is off to a Healing Service . |
| 23 | Again , this all helps with cementing the initial relationship and if the first impression is a good one , the practitioner is off to a flying start , which could help if there are difficulties at a later stage with the transaction . |
| 24 | Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon |
| 25 | FORMER window fitter Thomas Carter is off to a flying start in his new career . |
| 26 | Turnover is up by a similar amount at more than eight hundred and twenty two million pounds . |
| 27 | After a tough year in 1991 , the brand is back with a revamped range for 1992 . |
| 28 | After a one-year hiatus the Honeywell Bracknell Half-marathon is back with a new route and a new date , June 7 . |
| 29 | all that needs saying is that Mould is back in a big way … |
| 30 | HAND-HELDS SUPER MARIO LAND 2 ( GB , £29.99 ) : Mario is back in a fab sequel , pitched against the evil Wario . |