Example sentences of "is [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , if I can time my travel to be in a place when a beer festival is on , I attend it . |
| 2 | When transistor Q1 is on , for example , IC integrates -VN/2 until its output equals VD . |
| 3 | With no chance of live football league coverage the fight is on for European Cup matches and other internationals . |
| 4 | They have a tremendous hold on the industry , and the pressure is on to use more and more chemicals to get better and better yields . |
| 5 | Washington Comment : The fight is on for the Fed to reserve its independence |
| 6 | Tomorrow it is on to Reykjavik and another trip will be over . |
| 7 | Bidding is on for Interhotel |
| 8 | They 're building new sanatoriums — Ardkeen , Sarsfleld 's Court , Merlin Park -but until they 're open , the pressure is on . ’ |
| 9 | So the search is on for an acceptable new arrangement for increased French involvement in the military affairs of the alliance . |
| 10 | ‘ Many farmers wo n't let go , and turn up when the pressure is on , such as at harvest time . |
| 11 | She lives on a farm in Wiltshire with her husband and daughter and her exhibition is on until Aug 26 , 1991 . |
| 12 | Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub . |
| 13 | Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain . |
| 14 | It does so by going to a series of intermediate goals , for example the junction of the branch it is on with the main stem . |
| 15 | It may well be , but the question of how much the Gold Cup took out of Cool Ground and Docklands Express will only be answered when the heat is on . |
| 16 | ‘ I understand now , when the pressure is on , how people succumb . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ All I know is that for as long as we go on winning , the challenge is on and Bath ca n't squeeze past for the title . |
| 18 | The first thing Carlie did when she got to the foster home was pull the plastic footrest up close to the TV : ‘ Do n't talk to me when ‘ Young and Restless ’ is on , ’ she warned the foster mother who was standing behind her . |
| 19 | If this tank contains no water ( it should be about one-third full when the system is on ) , check the operation of its ballvalve ( see BALLVALVE PROBLEMS again ) . |
| 20 | Data stored in RAM chips while the computer is on must be moved to a disc before the power is switched off . |
| 21 | On the street again , suddenly I felt I was in the middle of a farce — ‘ POLICE SEARCH FOR THE BIG BANANA IS ON — and the discovery that actually I did have my cheque numbers in my moneybelt and that it was the photocopies that had been stolen made me almost light-headed . |
| 22 | Weather the central heating is on or not , dry towels are possible all the year round with Bisque 's Arbonia towel radiator , which contains a small electric heating cartridge . |
| 23 | There are tactile halts which enable the louse to appreciate the type of surface it is on . |
| 24 | Gene action is controlled at the level of transcription , and whether a gene is on or off is whether or not it is transcribed . |
| 25 | ‘ Fight is on to save our River Wey ’ |
| 26 | Extend highlight key , F6 , is on . |
| 27 | Number Lock is on |
| 28 | Scroll Lock is on . |
| 29 | Caps Lock is on . |
| 30 | If Caps Lock is on and you hold down the shift key , lower case letters are typed |