Example sentences of "is [adv prt] for the " in BNC.

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1 Washington Comment : The fight is on for the Fed to reserve its independence
2 Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain .
3 Once more the search is on for the woman with the most beautiful hair — could it be you ?
4 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 .
5 And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin .
6 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 .
7 The race is on for the spare hand-outs
8 The haul is worth more a hundred thousand pounds and the hunt is on for the owners .
9 And , Save our Sausage.The heat is on for the British Banger .
10 The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North .
11 The size and range of the country 's sex business may mean that Thailand is in for the world 's fastest upswing in HIV infection .
12 He is in for the ride , so he must be on the payroll .
13 Chalmers will be at Netherdale this afternoon hoping to see his club finish off their Division I season with a win over Gala , but no matter what happens , Melrose — Andy Purves is in for the injured Gary Parker — will be presented with the Championship Trophy after the match by the Scottish Rugby Union president , Robin Charters .
14 Tax band:Letters will start going out in mid-January informing all householders of the band which their home is in for the new council tax .
15 George Augustus who lost his last race in Germany in the stewards room is down for the Grosser Preis Von Baden and would have to be supported .
16 George Augustus who lost his last race in Germany in the stewards room is down for the Grosser Preis Von Baden and would have to be supported .
17 Wilson has the 200m butterfly , 400m and 1500m freestyle , while Purvis is down for the 200m backstroke , 400m freestyle , 50m , 100m and 200m butterfly .
18 But then , as the new , more streamlined , machine slips into the twentieth century , moving smoothly and with a new confidence — and by now virtually everybody is along for the ride — it crashes catastrophically .
19 Neither of these were attempted , and now the war is over for the people of Cerska .
20 ‘ Our director 's secretary Campbel Ogilvie is over for the draw and he will stay until a decision is made on the situation . ’
21 Do any of us children , she wondered , ever stop to ask ourselves where our teachers go when school is over for the day ?
22 But now the fun is over for the pool table teasers from the Cattle Mart pub in Tow Law , Co Durham .
23 Time is Up for the Chauvinists
24 Four finalists will go through to the closing contest on Sunday when James Lockhart and the ENO orchestra provide an operatic interlude while the jury is out for the final count .
25 She is out for the evening to celebrate at her favourite local restaurant .
26 I wondered suddenly how many of the household were listening , and as if he read my thoughts Toby said , " Mavis is out for the evening . "
27 ‘ It 's in the basement flat and our friendly local councillor is out for the night .
28 I hear that our hero Jon Newsome is out for the game tomorrow ans will be replaced by John Pemberton .
29 Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself …
30 Widnes blow RUGBY LEAGUE : Widnes and former Great Britain half back David Hulme , 27 , is out for the rest of the season after dislocating his shoulder in Sunday 's defeat at Featherstone .
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