Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] were [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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1 | According to an anecdote told in Herbert 's autobiography , copies of the portrait were made for the queen , for Richard Sackville , the third Earl of Dorset , and , in miniature by Isaac Oliver , for Lady Aeres ( a copy at University College , Oxford , may be one of these ) . |
2 | The pulse arrival times at the observatory were corrected for the Earth 's rotation and orbital motion using the Jet Propulsion Laboratory barycentric ephemeris DE200 ( ref. 7 ) to refer them to the Solar System barycentre . |
3 | Similar results to those shown in the example were achieved for the other estate agents sentences tested using this simple analyser . |
4 | The public were prepared for the change by an illustrated leaflet , and the cars carried illuminated Pay As You Enter signs . |
5 | The best climbers in the school were picked for the hunt and they set out , one on each shelf . |
6 | Their house was attacked by a mob and the family were interned for the duration of the war as ‘ enemy aliens ’ . |
7 | Two rooms and a telephone were reserved for the CAB and , with a list of appointments prepared by the company , clients were called over the tannoy system to avoid queues . |