Example sentences of "is [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And for once , the troubled premier is on to a winner . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman is on to a weak point . |
| 4 | A Government planning inspector commented that site access is on to a road where motorists speed , and the reflected light from so many caravans could distract motorists using the nearby A66 flyover . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |
| 7 | So the search is on for a more durable , ‘ horizontal ’ resistance to a variety of races of a pest . |
| 8 | Her mother wo n't survive … so the hunt is on for a fostermum . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | The search is on for a Conservative candidate to succeed the black barrister involved in a race row at the last general election . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | THE search is on for a dog fit for a queen and the auditions are to be held in Darlington . |
| 14 | Only one of these ten l.e.d.s is on at a time , the position changing to the following l.e.d. with each successive input pulse . |
| 15 | THE featherweight domestic dream fight is on after a ‘ put-up or shut-up ’ challenge from Barney Eastwood to Frank Warren . |
| 16 | The categories have been increased but the funding has not , so that er although this is in as a growth item and although it is being presented as a standstill item , in fact it may not have been a , a , a , a reduction in the service . |
| 17 | Juan Ponce Enrile believes he is in with a chance , despite being charged last year with rebellion in connection with an attempted coup . |
| 18 | Lloyds has made a clandestine but vigorous pass at Midland and still thinks it is in with a chance and can outbid Hongkong if it can make savings through ruthless high street rationalisation — in effect , putting two banks ' business through one 's network . |
| 19 | ‘ Because your father ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ is in with a bunch of crooks . |
| 20 | The front line is taking over college radio and everyone is in with a shout . |
| 21 | The front line is taking over college radio and everyone is in with a shout . |
| 22 | Dave Mitchell is running about and is in with a shout . |
| 23 | Michael Schumacher … roared in fourth fastest today … confirming that the Witney-based Benetton team is in with a shout for Sunday 's race . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks . |
| 26 | If it continues , Japan is in for a shock . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The whole system in the UK however is in for a bit of a shock — a Eurostyle shock . |
| 30 | 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 . |