Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , this notion of the station as strong point continued , and was partly the reason for many being built outside the communities they served . |
| 2 | The United States might have argued that Nicaragua 's concealment of its incapacity constituted fraud and was thus a ground for invalidating its consent . |
| 3 | He took an active part in many School societies , and was also an editor for the Oxford University Press and official of the Assistant Masters ' Association . |
| 4 | Down and was subsequently a representative for South Down in the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention of the following year . |
| 5 | The house was left empty and was often a target for vandals and Sutherland was unable to sell it . |
| 6 | But Vergil 's presentation of the episode makes it clear that he thought the accusation had no validity and was merely an excuse for Hastings ' execution . |
| 7 | But Vergil 's presentation of the episode makes it clear that he thought the accusation had no validity and was merely an excuse for Hastings ' execution . |
| 8 | They also object on the grounds that , while Sotheby 's disclaims any ownership interest in the treasure and was merely the agent for Lord Northampton , they are by no means convinced that this is the case , especially as it has come to light during the discovery process that the former chairman of Sotheby 's , the late Peter Wilson , played the leading role in the treasure 's acquisition and had a share in its value , inherited by his sons , Thomas and Philip . |
| 9 | To judge by the piles of broken stone , chunks of gargoyle , carved oak , black-brown and shot with wormholes , the upper chamber must once have been a workshop but was now a dump for unwanted Cathedral tat . |
| 10 | Even in Cramlington , the activities of the developer builders were seen largely in terms of providing a population to serve as the basis of demand for services , rather than , as was clearly the case for the public sector , in terms of providing housing so as to assemble a labour force for new industries . |
| 11 | The pound would be allowed to fluctuate initially by up to 6 per cent on either side of its central parity rate ( as was also the case for the Spanish peseta ) , but would move into the narrower 2.25 per cent fluctuation band as soon as possible . |