Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] be [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 With no chance of live football league coverage the fight is on for European Cup matches and other internationals .
2 Washington Comment : The fight is on for the Fed to reserve its independence
3 After the opposition were out for 171 , the CCG team reached the required total with two overs to spare , largely thanks to an opening stand of 95 by Jeremy Hook and Philip McKenna .
4 So the search is on for an acceptable new arrangement for increased French involvement in the military affairs of the alliance .
5 Win a weekend away The search is on for a photo of Britain 's best windowbox , basket or tub .
6 Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain .
7 So the search is on for a more durable , ‘ horizontal ’ resistance to a variety of races of a pest .
8 Once more the search is on for the woman with the most beautiful hair — could it be you ?
9 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 .
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 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
12 The search is on for a Conservative candidate to succeed the black barrister involved in a race row at the last general election .
13 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 .
14 The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North .
15 The search is on for Darlington 's young sports winner for 1992 .
16 THE search is on for a dog fit for a queen and the auditions are to be held in Darlington .
17 The search is on for value for money , real or perceived , and food producers , processors and retailers at home and abroad are all after a share of your food pound .
18 Nigel Lawson 's tax cuts will , it seems , be defended to the last ( though the International Monetary Fund is reportedly applying pressure in that regard ) and the search is on for cutbacks in the social side of public spending .
19 THE search is on for someone to fill a top training post .
20 The court had heard that Rhys had now been accepted for a transplant operation at a Bristol hospital and the search was on for a suitable bone marrow donor .
21 The tormenting life of the desert was over for him and his family .
22 Election ‘ 92 : The agonising is over for floating voters
23 But now Beattie and her husband Wilfred are about to retire , and the pub 's up for sale .
24 Here the company offering the contract agrees to offer a replacement car or plane for the period of time in which the vehicle is down for maintenance , repairs etc .
25 McNamara already had the first spot in the bag and Moniz was out , so the battle was on for second place .
26 The carnival is over for Anfield joker Bruce Grobbelaar
27 The actor was out for seventy-five big ones .
28 Neither of these were attempted , and now the war is over for the people of Cerska .
29 For instance , a trip to the seaside is out for a start .
30 Doubtful if he ever dented a heart ; more than likely he gave quite a number of hearts a new lift after they 'd imagined the ball was over for them .
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