Example sentences of "is on [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Er , the recommendation is on about the fourth
2 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 .
3 The hon. Gentleman is on to a weak point .
4 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 .
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 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
7 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 .
8 The search is on for a Conservative candidate to succeed the black barrister involved in a race row at the last general election .
9 Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain .
10 The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North .
11 The race is on for the spare hand-outs
12 And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin .
13 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 .
14 And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger .
15 So the search is on for an acceptable new arrangement for increased French involvement in the military affairs of the alliance .
16 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 .
17 what is on at the local theatre ;
18 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 .
19 The Boat , Caravan and Leisure show is on at the National Exhibition Centre this week and so far it 's attracted record crowds .
20 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 .
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