Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [vb pp] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is in accord with the assumptions that were made for the attention focusing explanation given for the different relationship between risk and P(A) in the two cases . |
| 2 | In the Operations Room , some of the female part-time watchkeepers were just coming on duty and were being briefed on the operations that were planned for the day and those that were already taking place . |
| 3 | First , and most important , stick with fonts that were designed for the printer you are using even if this means giving up some of the typographic niceties . |
| 4 | The same things that were promised for the gas , electricity and water , but in rel reality the only section to gain are the fat cats at the top who have recently been given it 's obscene pay increases . |
| 5 | The eight fabrics that were chosen for the garments were completely different one from the other . |
| 6 | On archaeological sites , pits are frequently found that were used for the disposal of household refuse that would nowadays be put in a dustbin , collected by the municipal authorities , and taken to a communal rubbish tip . |
| 7 | A high level of commitment from the Enterprise Steering Committee , from the staff of the Enterprise Centre , from our employer partners , and from Napier staff and students has enabled the achievement of the ‘ strategic ’ aims that were outlined for the year . |
| 8 | Investors , who have seen life breathed into a share price that was destined for the doldrums this year , may have a different view . |
| 9 | ‘ Bertie has been over to see us and has driven the car fitted with the engine management system he used in Donegal and the one that was fitted for the Ulster Rally . |
| 10 | The output from this analysis was summarised in the final report as a functional description of the filing systems , and used as the basis for the detailed user requirement that was prepared for the client . |
| 11 | Table 1.2 shows the contents of such a lattice that was obtained for the word its ( the graphical representation is shown in Fig 1.3 ) . |
| 12 | The recording system that was used for the baseline should be continued in exactly the same form . |
| 13 | Most of the brains of the organisation , or those academics who were able to pull Establishment strings and make the best of college connections , were billeted fairly comfortably near B.P. or had private transport , and were therefore able to take part in the social life that was organised for the community . |
| 14 | Erm before we started this drawing which so if I co , perhaps if I stand here everyone will be able to see which is probably fairly familiar and in , in most respects it goes back about six years to the first master plan that was produced for the estate erm to provide a combination of regeneration and new build . |
| 15 | We used to do any typing that was needed for the Aurae Phiala publications , and for the few little books and articles Stephen occasionally produced . |
| 16 | A second convention met in July 1833 and in an effort to improve the bill had a delegation denounce apprenticeship to Stanley 's face and managed to unite behind a Buxton amendment that apprenticeship should be for no longer than was required for the welfare of the slave . |
| 17 | The rejoinder by the defendant to this pleading alleged that the notes were given by Samuel Revill and himself as sureties and were given for the securing of part of the father 's debt and for no other consideration or purpose . |
| 18 | Pliny spoke of the kraken in the Straits of Gibraltar , where it basked on the warm surface of the water and was mistaken for a series of small islands . |
| 19 | Philip Matthews had a brief incumbency and was replaced for the North American tour by David Irwin , who in turn gave way because of injury to Willie Anderson . |
| 20 | Gascoigne snapped his cruciate ligaments playing for Tottenham in the 1991 FA Cup Final and was sidelined for a year . |
| 21 | Spare Rib was already well established , and was joined for a period by the Leveller , another collective magazine , and the East End News , which produced the first attempt to appeal to ‘ the masses ’ of East London by dressing up Right-On concerns in chirpy Chas'n'Dave-style modernized Cockney . |
| 22 | Like many German poets of his age , he came from a clerical family and was intended for the church . |
| 23 | This particular dataset covers two years where RAWP used only one in their validation exercise , and was compiled for an article in the Lancet which was critical of the RAWP formula ( Forster 1977 ) . |
| 24 | Grundy , 35 , of Sprotborough , Doncaster — a promising policeman who had been acting sergeant and passed his inspector 's exams — admitted theft and was jailed for a year . |
| 25 | and was pulled for a stint |
| 26 | And physically it was n't any worse than when I fell off my bike as a kid and was concussed for an hour or two . |
| 27 | In Edinburgh , she met with representatives of SEAD and was interviewed for a media article . |
| 28 | This building probably held about 100 people and was used for a Sunday evening service as well as the Sunday School . |
| 29 | His drag double act with Roy Barraclough ( Coronation Street 's Alec Gilroy ) , harked back to Norman Evans and was used for a television commercial for the Post Office . |
| 30 | It became known as the Astral Works in 1887 , and was used for the generation of electricity . |