Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It had no private property , could save nothing and bequeath nothing ; as a result , revenues were expended for the common good . |
| 32 | But he certainly was n't the man to have in the driving seat on the union side when both management and workers were striving for the sheer survival of the company , and needed to work together if they were to pull through . |
| 33 | Both awards were won for the second year in succession . |
| 34 | A Christmas tree was put up in Moscow 's Red Square for the first time , and on Christmas Eve the bells of St Basil 's Cathedral in Red Square were rung for the first time since 1917 . |
| 35 | Twenty pounds of butter was enough for the lease of two and a half desiatiny of land for five years.l Five pudy of linseed cake were exchanged for the approaching harvest of a desiatin of wheat . |
| 36 | In the event ad hoc committees for Wallonia , Flanders and bilingual Brussels were set up to decide on arms exports , the renewal was approved , and replacements were appointed for the two Volksunie ministers . |
| 37 | Tithes of reed were reserved for the local priest on the Somerset Levels , and Chaucer 's monk cast an entirely practical eye on the local birdlife : ‘ he liked a swan best , and roasted whole . ’ |
| 38 | Representatives of the United Kingdom and Argentine governments were joined for the first time by a Falklands official in talks on fishing controls held in the Argentinian capital , Buenos Aires , in May 1991 . |
| 39 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 40 | Sigua on Feb. 18 denied insinuations that the weapons were intended for the new Georgian National Guard , and claimed that his government was seeking to replenish Georgian Interior Ministry weapons stores depleted by confiscations ordered by the USSR Interior Ministry and by thefts perpetrated by paramilitary groups . |
| 41 | As they rode out of the low narrow gate , their knees banging , their heads ducked , the other monks were mustering for the Holy Office of Vespers . |
| 42 | Our stronger feelings were reserved for the unscrupulous organisers of this sordid trade in human cargoes who were profiting from the Asians ' misery . |
| 43 | Carpets with borders were custom made for the large public areas and standard ranges were used for the 72 bedrooms . |
| 44 | It is hardly surprising that health authorities and hospital managers were calling for the immediate introduction of capitation funding for fundholders as a means of stemming losses from their budgets . |
| 45 | I knew that these paintings were produced for the Spanish in the decades after their conquest of Latin America , and represented the christianising of the old centres of Inca culture , in Peru and Bolivia especially . |
| 46 | Although forewarned by the bombardment , the Germans had not temporarily withdrawn from the heights ; so the troops in their trenches were bombarded for the best part of a week and could receive no food or relief from the devastating artillery fire . |
| 47 | Ground improvements and publicity were used for the same purpose , and so that football should reach as wide a public as possible , Chapman persuaded the Examiner to publish a Saturday sports edition , the first issue of which appeared on 10 January , 1925 . |
| 48 | However , some quite large variations emerged when the figures were analysed for the different types of credit used ( see Appendix I , Table 18 ) . |
| 49 | Time versus activity curves were generated for the proximal , middle , and distal thirds of the oesophagus and the whole of the oesophagus . |
| 50 | Here the Unionists were challenged for the first time in many years but the NILP shared the anti-Unionist vote with Independents , who polled 4.5 per cent in North and 2 per cent in Waterside . |
| 51 | The opening piece , Respighi 's symphonic poem Fountains of Rome , was subtly characterised and sensuously played , but the real fireworks were reserved for the second half of the concert . |
| 52 | But the fireworks were reserved for the last six holes , each of which he birdied . |
| 53 | The government showed its new military capabilities at the independence anniversary celebrations on Oct. 1 , 1989 , when Franco-German anti-tank missiles and French Mistral portable ground-to-air missiles were displayed for the first time . |
| 54 | The lights were dimmed for the next act , and a roll of drums announced two gorgeous showgirls , who were picked out by spotlights . |
| 55 | The 58th British Services International Alpine Ski Championships were held for the second year running in Megève . |
| 56 | Thoughts of acquiring a complete rake of steam-compatible Mk 1s from BR were aired for the first time in 1977 . |
| 57 | Banana splits still solved acute hunger problems but gorgeous undies were forgotten for the first time . |
| 58 | As before , Hoffman 's arguments were persuasive , and orders were issued for the entire Eastern Group to march southward on 25 August to be in position to attack Samsonov 's right wing . |
| 59 | Ranks were restored in the People 's Liberation Army as from Oct. 1 , 1988 , and 17 generals were appointed for the first time in 23 years [ for adoption by NPC in July 1988 of regulations re-introducing military ranks see p. 36104 ] . |
| 60 | With corporal punishment abolished as a judicially imposed sentence , and capital punishment diverted , at least for a time , to a committee room in Whitehall , the decks were cleared for the first real post-war scrutiny of penal policy and methods . |