Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] for new [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Additionally , as needs changed , new words were coined for new situations and were ‘ Latinised ’ to fit more easily into the documents being called for .
2 Briefly , office development permits were required for new offices in London .
3 The tax was abolished for new fields given development consent from yesterday onwards , as were rules allowing PRT bills to be offset against exploration and development costs .
4 Various suggestions were made for new accompanists , and a couple of meetings were set up .
5 The extent to which the landscape was being farmed and the efficiency of agricultural practices may be measured by the frequency with which farms were abandoned for new sites .
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