Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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1 | Some Ministers felt that this was wholly a matter for the conscience or judgment of the individual , and that Ministers who held strong views on the moral issue should not be asked to subordinate those views to a collective decision of the Cabinet . |
2 | It was subsequently shown that this was also the case for intestinal secretion caused by the heat stable enterotoxin from Escherichia coli , certain bile salts , ricinoleic acid , serotonin , and prostaglandin E 2 ( for reviews consult Lundgren et al and Jodal ) . |
3 | This was also the case for three other enzymes , epoxide hydrolase , glutathione S-transferase α , and glutathione S-transferase π , where all the tumours showed positive immunoreactivity . |
4 | The reason for this was also the reason for her sorrow . |
5 | This was surely an argument for getting involved in Boiotia , because it was too weak to resist effectively , rather than an argument for leaving Boiotia alone , because it was too weak to make trouble for Athens . |
6 | This was doubtless a windfall for shipwrights , if expensive for others . |
7 | Well , this was obviously a job for Joanna , but … |
8 | This was obviously the cue for the appearance of the three councillors , but they did n't appear . |
9 | This was essentially a room for transacting business , though if Fournier 's picture is reliable , the Emperor seems to have sat at an inconvenient height at his desk in a small chair , covered in green plush , so low that once seated in it , writing must have been difficult . |
10 | It might be thought that this was essentially a matter for the internal law of State A , the forum State . |
11 | Given Khoneinis constant Anti-American rhetoric , this was quite a success for the United States and it led Ambassador with the new regime . |
12 | This was quite an achievement for an organisation only a few months old . |
13 | But then , with a shrug , he went back inside : this was hardly the time for sneering at pillars . |
14 | This was therefore the reason for the decision . |
15 | Incautiously taking what seemed a marvellous idea from a friend , the notion of two people who each wished to get rid of someone swapping victims , he discovered when his book was written that this was precisely the plot for a novel by Patricia Highsmith , Stranger on a Train , which neither he nor his friend knew of . |
16 | This was ostensibly a centre for the teaching of self-defence and disciplined order ; in truth , it was a training ground for killing and subversive terrorism . |
17 | Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization . |
18 | May 9 was certainly a day for rallying to the cause . |
19 | The other major issue of 1935 was also a non-event for the BUF . |
20 | ‘ From what Valesio 's widow has told me , it 's dear that her husband 's contacts with the gang began with a telephone call that was simply a signal for him to go to some prearranged meeting-place . |
21 | Right that that was just a letter for reference anyway |
22 | ‘ THAT was quite a highlight for me . |
23 | Yeah , I think that we need to look into more depth the issue of the County Farms estate , we agreed from the start it was something that could not be rushed , and we had to , the principle question that needed to be answered was that was there a viability for County Farms or role for County Farms in the nineteen nineties . |