Example sentences of "is [adv prt] for [art] " 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 Washington Comment : The fight is on for the Fed to reserve its independence
10 Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain .
11 Once more the search is on for the woman with the most beautiful hair — could it be you ?
12 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 .
13 And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin .
14 Right , the search is on for the person in the team who told me that Larry Adler 's birthday was today , and not February the tenth .
15 The race is on for the spare hand-outs
16 The haul is worth more a hundred thousand pounds and the hunt is on for the owners .
17 And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger .
18 The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North .
19 So the search is on for an acceptable new arrangement for increased French involvement in the military affairs of the alliance .
20 There are fears that Wall Street , which this week hit a peak , is in for a torrid time in the next few weeks .
21 If it continues , Japan is in for a shock .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 The whole system in the UK however is in for a bit of a shock — a Eurostyle shock .
25 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 .
26 Meanwhile , anyone who eulogises on the wit and wisdom of Michael Milken is in for a tumble .
27 Anyone approaching Baden with the built-in idea that all spa towns are alike is in for a surprise .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 INTERNATIONAL flanker Denis McBride is in for a busy 12 months following his confirmation as Malone skipper for a second consecutive season .
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