Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the conclusion of the liturgy , Bishop O'Brien presented Faculty Certificates to 150 Ministers who were recommissioned for a further five years service . |
| 2 | In certain areas no figures were given for a good many parishes , even the values of some livings being omitted . |
| 3 | In the year ending 30 September 1972 planning permissions were given for an estimated 76,000 such dwellings , but only 52,000 were started . |
| 4 | And after Haley came Presley , Little Richard , and Fats Domino , laying a freeway through popular culture that outraged left and right alike , and down which successive generations of youth were to drive for the next three decades . |
| 5 | Sigua on Feb. 18 denied insinuations that the weapons were intended for the new Georgian National Guard , and claimed that his government was seeking to replenish Georgian Interior Ministry weapons stores depleted by confiscations ordered by the USSR Interior Ministry and by thefts perpetrated by paramilitary groups . |
| 6 | The Serbian Foreign Minister and Montenegrin Interior Minister were nominated for the corresponding federal posts . |
| 7 | In this study , this was achieved by examining the estimated kilometre square populations together with those which were reported for the same areal units in the 1971 Census of Population . |
| 8 | This carried them to the Plain of Finuval where the shattered remnants of the Elf armies were assembling for a desperate last stand . |
| 9 | The National Westminster Bank Sevens , at Sydenham , were won for a third successive time by Brynteg CS , who enjoyed a comfortable semi-final against St Benedict 's , 20-4 , before a demanding final against Campion , 10-6 . |
| 10 | The fact that they were considered for the Swedish national side in 1965 cut no ice with discerning Athletico fans . |
| 11 | But inevitably , others in the company were pressing for a greater commercial awareness . |
| 12 | In turn , Amritsar became the depot for piece goods , copper , and brass which were destined for the Central Asian markets . |
| 13 | If the crowd in Woodford Square on that June evening were looking for an anti- imperialist martyr , that is what they got . |
| 14 | A VITAL , hitherto forgotten point was raised yesterday as preparations were made for a controversial public inquiry . |
| 15 | They were used for a full ferreting season and instantly replaced the multiple-dig system . |
| 16 | EXCLUDED PARTS AND COMPONENTS — Previously plant definitions were used for the three main classes i.e. boiler , crane and electrical . |
| 17 | The first two applications were needed for the planned 1992 implementation . |
| 18 | Serum calcium and albumin concentrations were measured for the first 7 days and at least weekly for 4 weeks after treatment . |
| 19 | They were heading for the besieged Bosnian town of Travnik but never reached it . |
| 20 | These were opened for the temporary short-term placement of pupils in danger of suspension , with the expectation that suspension rates would be reduced . |
| 21 | Bangladesh and India were to extend for a further three years the trade agreement due to expire in October 1992 , All-India Radio reported on Aug. 6 following talks in New Delhi . |
| 22 | Until 1961 hordes of the city 's small boys believed that the barrel-laden barges were bound for the Spanish Main or headed off to far exotic lands . |
| 23 | Those assigned to surgery were scheduled for the next available or convenient operating list . |
| 24 | In 1944 , at the Bretton Woods conference , plans were laid for a new commercial and financial system with the formation of an International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) to deal with monetary problems and a World Bank to help with economic development . |
| 25 | Careful plans were laid for an effective national strike-breaking organization . |
| 26 | Encounters with Donald were documented for the next 6 years , during which time he travelled on a southward odyssey along some 480 km ( 300 miles ) of British coastline , from the Isle of Man to Wales and then to Cornwall , stopping off in small harbours , boat havens and coves along the way to socialise . |
| 27 | Officers and volunteer NCOs were trained at the centre for six weeks before joining the Independent Companies in which volunteer soldiers were trained for a further six weeks by their own officers . |
| 28 | As before , Hoffman 's arguments were persuasive , and orders were issued for the entire Eastern Group to march southward on 25 August to be in position to attack Samsonov 's right wing . |
| 29 | The medical records of all cases were reviewed for the following eight clinical features : sex , age at onset of colitis , age at colectomy , indications for colectomy , age at time of pouch construction , extraintestinal manifestations before colectomy , use of steroids before colectomy , and immediate postcolectomy complications . |
| 30 | Remember this — most of the players were regular first team players , so , exxcluding the very first transfers , all the players were playing for the 2nd Div champions , or a top 4 team in the country . |