Example sentences of "is [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |
| 2 | So the search is on for a more durable , ‘ horizontal ’ resistance to a variety of races of a pest . |
| 3 | Her mother wo n't survive … so the hunt is on for a fostermum . |
| 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 | The search is on for a Conservative candidate to succeed the black barrister involved in a race row at the last general election . |
| 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 dog fit for a queen and the auditions are to be held in Darlington . |
| 9 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 10 | If it continues , Japan is in for a shock . |
| 11 | However anyone looking to it for an explanation of how women have come to be excluded so completely from the control of machines , or even for a theoretical framework within which to pose such a question , is in for a disappointment . |
| 12 | THE OIL-DRILLING business is in for a shake-up if a new drill that will be tested this month at an abandoned well near San Francisco is successful . |
| 13 | The whole system in the UK however is in for a bit of a shock — a Eurostyle shock . |
| 14 | Just when that dream person is deciding to redial your number he or she is in for a surprise — the second sitting has moved in on your table . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , anyone who eulogises on the wit and wisdom of Michael Milken is in for a tumble . |
| 16 | Anyone approaching Baden with the built-in idea that all spa towns are alike is in for a surprise . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | INTERNATIONAL flanker Denis McBride is in for a busy 12 months following his confirmation as Malone skipper for a second consecutive season . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Geoff Wildinson , assistant director for filed work , recognises the SSD is in for a tough time . |
| 23 | Perhaps , he wrote , that is enough for a lifetime . |
| 24 | Cover the treatment bath to prevent the fish jumping out , even if the bath is only for a minute or two . |
| 25 | Roman Catholicism has been more in line with the other great world religions in insisting that mysticism is only for a few chosen souls and that , unless one has this special propensity , mysticism can be a serious health threat . |
| 26 | I would rather see people that are going to start work , even if it is only for a year , at the same time where they are working that year that somebody take an interest in what 's going to happen to them at the end of that year . |
| 27 | However , there is no official going rate for estate agency fees and if individual agents are prepared to cut their fees , this is only for a business reason . |
| 28 | This is so for a variety of reasons . |
| 29 | The ordinary use of the term " correlate " , where it is ordinarily used , is perhaps for a type of individual rather than an individual . |
| 30 | He is away for a few days , in the country . ’ |