Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Brotherhood is still active today , not only in Egypt where it is prominent in university life , but in Jordan and Syria ( where it was blamed for the 1982 uprising at Hama ) . |
| 2 | It became obvious to everyone that the Tournament could not continue and after another undue delay , the Earl of Eglinton announced that it was cancelled for the day . |
| 3 | But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers . |
| 4 | Er Mike said in his autobiography that when they got the play and converted it to film , they changed the age of the character for a start , cos in the play it was written in the late fifties by Bill and it was written for a man approaching his forties . |
| 5 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 6 | Articles were placed in the press chronicling the joys of country life ( and — as will be shown — fruitless attempts were made to demonstrate that the rural environment was having a positive effect on the children 's health ) ; talks were given on the radio to parents ; special posters were printed ; and it was arranged for the Queen to visit certain schools in November to publicise the scheme . |
| 7 | During 1965–1968 , I rethought and redeveloped my work on semantics until it was accepted for a Ph.D . |
| 8 | Tutors may wish to explore how it would be treated if it was used for the business and for family use to illustrate that these decisions are not always so clear cut . |
| 9 | Presumably you 'd find that ethically acceptable if the abortion were natural or legal but not if it were induced for the purpose of providing the tissue . |
| 10 | Leeds also had the ball in the net with the last kick of the first half but it was disallowed for no apparent reason . |
| 11 | Their distinctive features have been chronicled ( with evident pride ) by Schaffer ( 1970 ) and Evans ( 1972 ) ; the first because , as a civil servant , he had been much associated with the programme , the second because it was written for the Town and Country Planning Association , long the champions of planned dispersal . |
| 12 | Because it was constructed for a specific purpose , this text is fairly unusual in that there are few lexical clues to what the text might be ‘ about ’ . |
| 13 | This road , known as the Coal Road because it was used for the transport of coal from long-abandoned pits , discloses an aerial view of the hidden valley of Grisedale across the gulf of Garsdale . |
| 14 | It was withdrawn in Britain in 1973 by its director , Stanley Kubrick , after it was blamed for a string of violent crimes . |
| 15 | South Oxfordshire District Council has reopened its Ladygrove Park after it was closed for a cleaning up operation ; the park was closed some weeks ago after gypsies staying there left it full of litter . |
| 16 | There is no record of the history of this manuscript before it was bought for the British Museum in 1836 , but it appears possible that the Jouglet it contains could be one text forming a bridge between the French fabliaux and the Anglo-Norman . |
| 17 | It was built er It has to be It had to be very well built and firm , because then , when it was used for the cow for the er sheep , usually , that best hay was left for the sheep . |