Example sentences of "[conj] was for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This act left him with an interest in the company that was for most practical purposes worthless since the previous practice among the three member-directors had been to take the money out of the firm in the form of directors ' fees rather than shareholders ' dividends . |
| 2 | But also , and more importantly , the normal upward movement that was for long the solvent for discontent has been arrested . |
| 3 | The opinion evidence was not admissible as it sought to answer the very matter that was for the Special Commissioner 's decision , a question for which the witness was not qualified as an expert . |
| 4 | In these three miracles Jesus claimed the right to do any action on the Sabbath that was for the good of people . |
| 5 | Entering Biarritz by the coast road like this , you end by driving along the Avenue Édouard VII , which leads down into the centre of the town and sets the tone for a resort that was for a while Europe 's princeliest . |
| 6 | The logic — that the Treasury could not be expected to control something that was for local councils ' electorates to decide finally sank in , not least because the Treasury had so regularly failed to keep them to their limits . |
| 7 | , this er fellow that was for in Conway told me we had to keep an extra erm for Douglas fir he says . |
| 8 | Three pounds that was for doing four of those long lengths you know and , and a short one |
| 9 | I was able to talk to the German customer and the people on the floor , who are excessively worried about the number of people coming in from the East , not only East Germany but they 're very , very worried about people coming in from Eastern Europe , and secondly there was so much East European food that was for sale in Germany at very low prices and there 's food that used to go to the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Serjeant was then stricken with severe arthritis and was for a period chair-bound . |
| 11 | A friend and promoter of the music of Hindemith , Satie , Honegger , Alban Berg and Milhaud , he wrote well-received books on Milhaud and Stravinsky , and was for 15 years director of Belgian State Radio 's music programmes . |
| 12 | She is a Fellow of the Institute of Home Economics and was for two years the Institute 's Vice-Chairman . |
| 13 | Pain entered my left arm and was for a short time , half a minute or so , quite hurtful . |
| 14 | The building was opened on the ninth anniversary of her death in 1862 and was for the consumptive poor . |
| 15 | It was the first UK brewer to set up a home sales division and was for years undisputed leader in this field . |
| 16 | From January 1891 it appeared as the Lagos Weekly Record , and was for forty-nine years an outspoken critic of colonialism . |
| 17 | He also subscribed to Reuters ( received in morse by radio ) and was for a while a Reuters correspondent in the region . |
| 18 | Powell began an irrigation survey in 1888 under the auspices of the US Geological Survey and was for a while successful in convincing the government that state control was necessary . |
| 19 | Palmer was closely concerned with the work of the Church of England Working Men 's Society and was for long its honorary treasurer . |
| 20 | They had three daughters and one son , Matthew , who followed his father 's profession and was for many years superintendent of the LNER locomotive depot at Neasden , London . |
| 21 | This was dated 11 June 1747 and was for Tilberthwaite , with a requirement that Sir John would also have a key of the mine storehouse , with free access . |
| 22 | At least , he may have begun in a monastery , but in the event he took orders and was for years a junior pastor somewhere in Worcestershire . |
| 23 | In the course of the trip de Klerk held high-level talks with politicians and officials in France , the United Kingdom , West Germany , Greece , Portugal , Switzerland , Spain , Belgium and Italy , and was for the most part sympathetically received . |
| 24 | He was tall , dark and far from handsome ; she was small , chirpy and was for ever brushing Kev 's shoulders free of scurf . |
| 25 | Persian is also one of the two principal languages of Afghanistan , is spoken in what was Soviet Central Asia , and was for centuries the official language of much of the Indian subcontinent , where many fine poets wrote in Persian . |
| 26 | Jean Ritchie ( Mrs Patterson ) specialised in Radiotherapy ( D. M. R. T. ) and was for three years Consultant Radiotherapist in Singapore . |
| 27 | Relevant factors included ( 1 ) the hirer 's lack of expertise in the plant hire business ; ( 2 ) that the contract was arranged at short notice and was for a short period of hire ; it was therefore difficult for the plaintiff hirers to arrange insurance cover ; ( 3 ) that the clause was not the subject of negotiation ; ( 4 ) that the hirers had little or no control over the way the driver did his job . |
| 28 | The help given in the first period of Addenbrookes , when the plaintiff had her own room and was for much of the time still in a coma , was clearly signifidant , significant , not only in caring for the plaintiff 's physical needs , but in giving the support and encouragement which no doubt contributed greatly to the plaintiff 's emergence from that coma . |
| 29 | In a letter for publication , Williamson had drawn attention to the fact that he drove a Jaguar and was for some time after known to the Gadfly column as ‘ Jaguar Man . ’ |
| 30 | and now I know another song about Donald Duck Donald Duck went up the hill stuck in the miney mo , down in the rain and was for , Donald Duck |