Example sentences of "is [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Note — access to ship is down a sloping gang plank .
2 Larkins Farm at Chiddingstone in Kent is up a narrow , highhedged lane and over two bridges from the Tonbridge road .
3 Peak power is up a useful 20bhp to 189bhp at 5900rpm while torque receives a similar hike to 177lb ft at 4700rpm .
4 If we compare this stage in the economic cycle with the previous stage , we see that output is up a quarter , investment is up a third , productivity is up a half and exports are up three quarters .
5 ‘ Players who whack someone when the play is up the other end of the field are cowards .
6 What the Independent very badly needs is very solid professional newspaper management er to go along with the good franchise which it has created erm and a proper owner who can actually er do what all of us in newspapers have to do from times to times which is back a promising newspaper .
7 Usually , but not always , the ball of the slip indicator is out the other way .
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