Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all , new languages were developed for the scientist and engineer who did not want to learn basic code . |
| 2 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 3 | They were favoured for the job because of their rapid loading , the cars hardly needing to stop ! |
| 4 | He does not court publicity having witnessed other ministers who were tipped for the top and never made it . |
| 5 | The best climbers in the school were picked for the hunt and they set out , one on each shelf . |
| 6 | Nearly 500 families were nominated for the award and the Williams were selected from a shortlist of 12 . |
| 7 | Mr Buxton would not say how many companies were bidding for the work but he hoped the successful tender would be accepted in March , allowing work to start . |
| 8 | Work started in February 1975 ; two MKIII , ex-Inter-City coaches were modified for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh . |
| 9 | There was no correlation between faecal fat ( g fat/24 hours ) and faecal bile acid ( µmol bile acid/ 24 hours ) excretion in the patient group as a whole or when patients were stratified for the presence or absence of liver disease ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 10 | Two different sources of marble within this same quarry group were exploited for the roof and the wall blocks . |
| 11 | Changed circumstances began to alter the criteria which were used for the selection and appointment of heads . |
| 12 | Aristide , in turn , had assured the OAS that he was willing to find a " national solution " to the crisis , one which would safeguard the rights of all sections of society , if respect were shown for the Constitution and if his presidency were recognised . |
| 13 | They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors . |
| 14 | Transcript/srRNA hybridization signal ratios were compared for the wild-type and mutant strains . |
| 15 | New orders were introduced for the assessment and protection of children at risk . |
| 16 | They were set for the garlic and the prawns , if they made it quick . |
| 17 | In 1762 , when George III purchased the renowned collection of Consul Smith for the Royal collection for £20,000 , tickets were issued for the nobility and gentry to view it . |
| 18 | Iron rations were issued for the train or bus journey . |
| 19 | Halfway through the tour Ollie Campbell , who was holidaying in New Zealand at the time , made the comment that the Irish were under-prepared for the speed and physical impact of the game as practised by the stronger New Zealand sides . |
| 20 | Many of the small boats which usually travelled its waters were moored for the night and The Sandhopper passed a number of them as it made its way up river . |
| 21 | Programs such as Studio Software 's DO-IT and Software Publishing 's Harvard Professional Publisher ( now long defunct and actually licensed from Bestinfo of SuperPage and Wave4 fame ) were emerging for the PC while the Macintosh was also being targeted by Manhattan Graphics with Ready , Set , Go ! ( now distributed by Letraset ) and Boston Publishing Systems with the now defunct MacPublisher . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In this paper separate equations were constructed for the university and public sectors with the effect of the value of student support being higher in the public sector . |
| 24 | So William and Preston were sent for the Instruction that William 's grandad had so artfully dodged . |
| 25 | Several new plant species were recorded for the reserve but their most interesting find was of signs of a badger that had dug out a bees nest from the ground . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It was not poor people who were to blame for the dampness but poor housing that was making the people poor . |
| 28 | County cricketers were paid for the summer and only the best were given a reduced wage to see them through the winter . |
| 29 | It is on a much smaller scale than those held just after the Second World War when animals and livestock were included and a show ring was erected for the horse and pony events . |
| 30 | ( Postwar austerity was blamed for the delay and the same reason caused the projected 1953 ‘ coronation pie ’ to be abandoned . ) |