Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 2 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 3 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 4 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 5 | Female animals were used only for the less significant peace-offerings when animals of either sex could be sacrificed ( Lev . |
| 6 | Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough . |
| 7 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 8 | The High Sheriff of Cornwall , Sir John Trelawney , opened an ornamental gate with a silver key and a free tea was laid on for the children of the surrounding parishes . |
| 9 | There is a third sister in this euphonious family : Marina , the baptised name of Malinche , mistress of Cortèz , through whose good offices and linguistic skills Mexico was conquered both for the Virgin Maria , and for Marina 's royal ancestors . |
| 10 | Andre Fabre 's colt was supplemented yesterday for the Group One contest over six furlongs . |
| 11 | This dry dock was built specially for the construction of the ship by Brunel ( q.v . ) . |
| 12 | The car was stored there for the Light Railway Transport League , by courtesy of their President , Walter Luff , the Blackpool Manager . |
| 13 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 14 | A long-running tribunal of inquiry into allegations of malpractices within the Irish meat processing industry was adjourned yesterday for the period of the election campaign . |
| 15 | A dilemma was posed both for the new Queen and for the Archbishop . |
| 16 | The first review was written mainly for the many within and outside the congregation who had participated and therefore knew the scheme of things . |
| 17 | Staff who helped care for American casualties were invited back for the occasion … along with a cavalcade of military vehicles from the second world war . |
| 18 | On 1st April 1989 , annual domestic rate bills were sent out for the last time . |
| 19 | In fact , 32 houses , 3 churches and 2 gardens were taken over for the building of the Clementinum or Jesuit College . |
| 20 | Bath cup semi-final is just one of many big events this weekend … at Aintree they race the Grand National … while on the Thames they 'll be rowing the Boat Race … and today in London the Oxford and Cambridge crews were pulled together for the weigh-in … |
| 21 | In April 1983 , however , the main features of a draft agreement on a comprehensive settlement of the Afghan question were worked out for the first time during the United Nations-sponsored talks in Geneva . |
| 22 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 23 | A cheque for £3,017 was handed over for the Great Ormond Street Hospital . |
| 24 | PLANNING clearance was given yesterday for the shore-based part of a £1.5 billion gas project which will create spin-off contracts for firms in the offshore supply business , writes Frank Frazer . |
| 25 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 26 | Janice was put forward for the competition after raising money to set up the centre . |
| 27 | In many fields , however , the use of cash limits , monitoring and sub-contracting served only to stabilize employment levels ( Table 5.8 ) in the face of growing demand ( for instance for health services , unemployment benefit or policing ) , and permanent reductions were shown principally for the civil service and nationalized industries . |
| 28 | In Australia the absence of population in the great central deserts ensured that the stations were built more for the benefit of the trains than for the nonexistent passengers and goods . |
| 29 | The recent calculations were done only for the collision of an electron and a positron , a collision common in particle accelerators . |
| 30 | But in three short years the following essential features of creative sound were worked out for the first time : cut-and-splice sound editing ; dubbing mute shots ( i.e. providing library sounds for completely silent bits of film ) ; quiet cameras ; ‘ talkback ’ and other intercom systems ; ‘ boom ’ microphones ( so the mike could be placed over the actor 's head and moved as necessary ) ; equalization ; track-bouncing ; replacement of dialogue ( including alternative languages ) ; filtering ( for removing traffic noise , wind noise , or for simulating telephone conversations ) ; busbars for routing controlled amounts of foldback or reverberation ; three-track recording ( music , effects , and dialogue , any of which could be changed as necessary ) ; automatic volume limiters ; and synchronous playback ( for dance or mimed shots ) . |