Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were prepared for an unyielding defence of their two flocks of 10,000 battery hens against the Ministry of Agriculture and the 10 burly ex-miners who form the ministry 's chicken-killing squad , ever-ready to wring a feathered neck . |
| 2 | The result of these various pressures was that , when they were taken over , some 150 undertakings were heading for an aggregate deficit of £7 millions ( more than 3 per cent of total BEA revenue ) over the year . |
| 3 | MODERATE supporters of President Rafsanjani were heading for an overwhelming victory over Iranian hardliners last night , according to the latest tally of returns from parliamentary elections held on Friday . |
| 4 | Land animals need to protect themselves from drying out , so scales were exchanged for an impervious skin ( although some amphibians can control the admission of water through their skin with the aid of hormones ) . |
| 5 | Films were cast for an international market in the Hollywood of the 1920s ; and international press syndication had a long history . |
| 6 | After 23h culture in FGF-4 ( 100ngml -1 ) , BrdU ( 20μM ) was added to the medium and the limbs were cultured for an additional hour . |
| 7 | In Ealing , approval was given for an administrative officer ( sum not specified ) to be appointed under MISG ‘ to co-ordinate the multi-agency work required by the care programme approach ’ . |
| 8 | Therefore , in the subsequent 56 patients adjuvant therapy with chenodeoxycholic acid 7 mg/kg/day and ursodeoxycholic acid 5 mg/kg/ day was given for an arbitrary period of three months after the procedure . |
| 9 | Thus , while the stucco was engraved at the château of Monte Cristo , the Bey 's mausoleum was delayed for an entire year . |
| 10 | Since 1965 , when the Communist party of Indonesia was blamed for an attempted coup and banned , and hundreds of thousands of communists were killed or sent to prison , the legal instrument most often used to curb political offences has been the Anti-Subversion Law . |
| 11 | The ill-feeling from the battle of Anfield always remained close to the surface and Stewart was booked for an uncompromising tackle on Eric Young , with Palace 's Richard Shaw receiving a caution for similar treatment of Walters . |
| 12 | A free system of administration was substituted for an official system . |
| 13 | A ‘ High Victorian ’ building , it was built for an Irish metal merchant and has most of its interior courtyard and galleries intact . |
| 14 | Then pulled himself up short before he inadvertently mentioned Bliss 's warning that the shipment was destined for an Iranian terrorist faction . |
| 15 | THE black Democratic candidate for Virginia state governor , Mr Douglas Wilder , was heading for an historic victory last night , writes Simon Tisdall in Richmond , Virginia . |
| 16 | THE black Democratic candidate for Virginia state governor , Mr Douglas Wilder , was heading for an historic victory last night , according to a CBS exit poll , writes Simon Tisdall in Richmond , Virginia . |
| 17 | The one-piece oscar went to a Leiston man for £105 and the broken one was sold for an amazing £85 . |
| 18 | The trend reached such an absurd level that , in 1987 , a 5ft by 11ft converted broom cupboard , opposite the top London store Harrods , was sold for an amazing £36,500 . |
| 19 | The nation was waiting for an important announcement on the outcome of the talks . |
| 20 | He was later elected honorary treasurer — a position he was to retain for an incredible quarter of a century , earning himself the title of ‘ Grand Old Man ’ . |
| 21 | Mr Paul Bagni , general manager of Dalgety , said : ‘ I am convinced the pilot was aiming for an old airfield behind our plant but came down just short of it . ’ |
| 22 | The scene was set for an eventual conflict with the question being ‘ when ’ rather than ‘ will ’ a protest movement break out . |
| 23 | The stage was set for an exciting finale on a modified version of the men 's final . |
| 24 | They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks . |
| 25 | But the pre-tax figure of £20.1m was hit by exceptional charges of nearly £1.5m , two-thirds of which was earmarked for an estimated £2.5m of bad debts arising from the difficult trading conditions . |
| 26 | The Lord President ( Cooper ) in IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 at 230 stated that : … it is not enough that a person resident in the United Kingdom should somehow have derived benefit from the income of a foreign possession … the duty of the Court was to seek for an actual remittance to , and receipt in , the United Kingdom and not to be lead astray by an " equivalent " to a remittance or receipt , or a " constructive receipt " . |
| 27 | I was directed to the house that had formerly been the inn and was admitted for an overnight stay with supper , bed and breakfast . |
| 28 | It was April and John Moore was studying for an important examination . |
| 29 | He was dressed for an Edwardian shooting party in a full suit of tweed plus fours . |
| 30 | On Jan. 26 , Liu Zihou , a worker , was imprisoned for an undisclosed period for the capital offence of " armed mass rebellion " . |