Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Belfast methods , on the other hand , were developed primarily for the study of closeknit communities — and indeed it is likely that they are particularly and rather generally suitable for urban or rural communities of this type . |
| 2 | He shut his eyes upon a rush of tears , and painfully contained them , but the springs of fondness in the middle of his being were weeping inconsolably for the stilling of the quick hands and the creative mind . |
| 3 | They were left on the car park , so people knew they were parked there for the night . |
| 4 | He made films that were designed basically for the drive-in movie , to be glimpsed between clinches . |
| 5 | The recent calculations were done only for the collision of an electron and a positron , a collision common in particle accelerators . |
| 6 | In Australia the absence of population in the great central deserts ensured that the stations were built more for the benefit of the trains than for the nonexistent passengers and goods . |
| 7 | Some were in use as fulling mills whilst others were used predominantly for the grinding of barley for brewing the monastery 's beer supply . |
| 8 | They were heading straight for the belt of shrubbery where he and Larsen had taken cover , and which Larsen had just vacated . |
| 9 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |
| 10 | From then on , Nos. 1–16 were transferred to the Sutton route in 1907 , and on which they were employed exclusively for the rest of their days . |
| 11 | Tissue samples were assessed biochemically for the neutrophil marker enzyme , myeloperoxidase , using the method of Krawisz et al . |
| 12 | Biopsy specimens taken a few cm distal to the splenic flexure and in the sigmoid colon were staiend with haematoxyline and eosin and were assessed blindly for the degree of inflammation . |
| 13 | Bath cup semi-final is just one of many big events this weekend … at Aintree they race the Grand National … while on the Thames they 'll be rowing the Boat Race … and today in London the Oxford and Cambridge crews were pulled together for the weigh-in … |
| 14 | Perhaps the more specific question to be asked is whether the charges of possession with intent were brought solely for the purpose of retaining the applicants in custody . |
| 15 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 16 | They were appointed initially for the World Cup and then reappointed to take Wales through this season 's Five Nations Championship . |
| 17 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 18 | More than 52 buildings were put forward for the award for the imaginative redesign of old buildings . |
| 19 | Breeding and hatching dates were planned solely for the Christmas market when up to two million birds would be sold . |
| 20 | Some of these arrived accidentally , but many were released deliberately for the benefit of seafarers and settlers . |
| 21 | Following from this the aim was that the project should collaborate with existing service-providers in order to ensure that there was no overlap or competition with others but that all were working together for the good of the client ; and that the project would , where necessary , coordinate the services available to each client and thus ensure an appropriate and suitably balanced package of care for that person . |
| 22 | Of course no such lending could possibly take place if the constables were required elsewhere for the preservation of order ; but ( as Bankes L.J . |
| 23 | There is a third sister in this euphonious family : Marina , the baptised name of Malinche , mistress of Cortèz , through whose good offices and linguistic skills Mexico was conquered both for the Virgin Maria , and for Marina 's royal ancestors . |
| 24 | The buyer , Financiere Sicli , controlled by a group of investors including Bankers Trust and Wasserstein Perella , was formed especially for the acquisition . |
| 25 | In the early evening of 3 September , Gallièni asked Joffre 's permission to make the attack , despite the fact that the Sixth Army was designated specifically for the defence of Paris and nothing else . |
| 26 | The defendant was standing in the dock awaiting the sentence which was given immediately for the charge which had been reduced to manslaughter . |
| 27 | Oral antibiotic treatment was continued while the patient was ambulant after admission for one month and ursodesoxycholic acid 750 ng/d was given permanently for the prevention of gall stone recurrence . |
| 28 | An aliquot was examined daily for the appearance of cholesterol monohydrate crystals with their typical rhomboidal notched and plated structures under the polarised microscope for 21 days of study . |
| 29 | The same size and the same tissue specificity was reported recently for the mouse brain-2 mRNA [ 15 ] . |
| 30 | Andre Fabre 's colt was supplemented yesterday for the Group One contest over six furlongs . |