Example sentences of "this [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only national figures quoted on this were for 1939–40 but these showed 48% and 24% respectively . |
| 2 | Something the Wild Geese used to say — the Irish soldiers who had fled Ireland after that big battle at the end of the seventeenth century when they were dying on foreign battlefields they used to say : ‘ Would that this were for Ireland . ’ |
| 3 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 4 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought this was for North Yorkshire , ’ complained an old lady . |
| 6 | This was for a short time only ; I had suffered a significant loss , but not a life-threatening or total one . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |
| 8 | The exhibition was crowded and I felt that , really , this was for Hungarians , as though I were intruding on a private grief . |
| 9 | This was for the specialised early potato market . |
| 10 | There is no question at all that he meant any harm ; but you will no doubt appreciate how uncomfortable a situation this was for me . |
| 11 | This was for a toroidal magnetic confinement system ( see figure ) with a circulating current of electrons pinched in by the magnetic field generated by the current . |
| 12 | This was for him the beginning of an independent ‘ second career ’ after leaving the army . |
| 13 | The Baldwin Fund brought in some £500,000 , but not all of this was for child refugees . |
| 14 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 15 | Though they were as a rule sparing in the use of force , this was for reasons which seem not to have included sympathy with civil disobedience . |
| 16 | In the 19th century and into the 20th there were two Methodist chapels in the village and this was for those of the Primitive Methodist persuasion . |
| 17 | This was for the disclosure , where material , of the charges to the p&l account of the period in respect of research and development , training , advertising and major maintenance and refurbishment . |
| 18 | There were times when it was a strain , but you had in the front of your mind that this was for your friend , and that deepened the friendship . ’ |
| 19 | This was for camera footage only , all train movements being subject to normal ELR operating rules . |
| 20 | This was for the future . |
| 21 | This was be this was er er there was a ceremonial parade when we stood down but this was er erm something that like that the town in recognition of the Home Guard Cos when the Home Guard was stood down it was a national er a national standing down so everybody all over the country er everybody in the country there 'd be a er a parade of some sort but this was for the Walsall detachment of the South Staffs Home Guard that was invited to , to the town hall for er a reception , it was quite it stood in re er I still can remember about it quite quite something to look back on that was really . |
| 22 | The important consequence of this was for the operation of the developer builders . |
| 23 | No doubt this was for the good practical reason that as royal taxation became more frequent separate and additional councils for the church 's own business became more inconvenient : there was a limit to the number of times the clergy could be summoned from their parishes and livings to provincial assemblies in London or elsewhere . |
| 24 | This was for a number of reasons . |
| 25 | This was for centuries a strong point and later a prison ; among its prisoners , during the time of the Revolutionary Wars , was Lord Elgin , he of the marbles , who was held hostage in Lourdes on his way back to England from Turkey . |
| 26 | Sometimes they stressed the usefulness to their own careers of studying a science degree , and this was for some the determining factor in choosing between science and arts . |
| 27 | She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy . |
| 28 | 1740 A new item appears " The Compearance money is £104:12:0. this was for ffarqhuard Campbell , the Clerk . |
| 29 | 1740 A new item appears " The Compearance money is £104:12:0. this was for ffarqhuard Campbell , the Clerk . |
| 30 | And then there was a there was a coal fired copper int he corner , and er this was for washing , for boiling your clothes . |