Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study at the unit was carried out on 80 women under the age of 40 who were pregnant for the first time . |
| 2 | But most Roman varieties were unsuitable for the British climate and the Norman varieties rapidly took precedence . |
| 3 | Both those statements were momentous for the Royal Family but the historical impact of Charles and Diana 's separation is likely to be greater . |
| 4 | Today , classrooms were empty for the second day running . |
| 5 | ‘ What are you staring at , Squib ? ’ he said , almost angrily , conscious that his cheeks were warm for the third time that afternoon . |
| 6 | A recent survey conducted by the accountancy firm Arthur Anderson showed that four out of 10 companies in the Community were unprepared for the new VAT regime . |
| 7 | Looking back , there 's no doubt that we were too impatient and were unprepared for the major impact of the change from institution to community care on all concerned . |
| 8 | In Champagne itself , in exceptionally hot vintages like 1947 , 1959 and 1976 , the sugar-acid ratios were inappropriate for the fine balance of Champagne . |
| 9 | In 1933 the Nazis increased their number of seats on the Volkstag to 38 , and were present for the first time in sufficient numbers to have an effect on the business and workings of the chamber . |
| 10 | About 30 close friends and family were present for the 40-minute service at Putney Vale Crematorium , south-west London . |
| 11 | We were married for the formative period . |
| 12 | The colours she chose were black for the main colour and a dark multi-coloured yarn for the second colour . |
| 13 | Again , he failed to appreciate that the conspicuous consumption which was the fruit of successful emulation was not as invariably absurd as he made out , or that in the course of history world-wide they were responsible for the greatest architecture and other manifestations of high art . |
| 14 | By the late nineteenth century , peasant farmers were responsible for the great bulk of farm produce , whether on allotment land belonging to the commune or on private land bought or rented from the nobility . |
| 15 | Local studies have established a direct connection between rising prices and annual illegitimacy ratios , suggesting that frustrated wedding plans rather than promiscuity were responsible for the increased number of bastards . |
| 16 | Some of the earliest English churches , minsters containing communities of secular ( i.e. non-monastic ) priests , were responsible for the spiritual welfare of a sizeable surrounding area , perhaps sometimes as large as fifteen modern parishes . |
| 17 | At grouping in 1923 , the smaller railway companies , who in many cases were responsible for the rural railway feeders , were bought out , and often their lines were closed and lifted . |
| 18 | This evidence suggests that social rather than biological mechanisms were responsible for the traditional status of blacks in the USA . |
| 19 | At the coal face , the butties were responsible for the actual mining processes , overseen by colliery company officials ; the butties were in charge of organizing and paying for the winning of coal , though not in all cases for its transport to the pithead . |
| 20 | Surrey were responsible for the 1980 Reunion and Kent for Crystal Palace in 1979 . |
| 21 | They were responsible for the complete show , which was why stories of stars giving notes to other actors or ordering changes in sets and costumes were not just examples of megalomania , but the desire to maintain the overall standard of whatever production they put their names to . |
| 22 | Districts were created that were responsible for the basic unit structure of seven members . |
| 23 | There was erm , a great reduction in corporate activity but corporate finance kept very busy er , with their value services and money raising and er , we were responsible for the National Power flotation and the disposal of Gratton . |
| 24 | Host organisations of the service ( LEAs , Chambers of Commerce , Local Employer Organisations ) were the recipients of grants based on £5 per teacher for the area and were responsible for the local delivery of the service . |
| 25 | The exception is Royal Berkshire , who were responsible for the dramatic removal of last season 's champions David Lloyd Slazenger Heston in the regional rounds . |
| 26 | that can be used for actually doing , doing the recycling on each of those , and and I would like to say that that this , this report had been erm prepared jointly by officers of the Transportation Department who were responsible for the operational side and wi and the officers and regulation side of , of the Authority Planning Environment Department and therefore the comments in the air have been shared between erm both sides er what I would like to say is that as well as the recycling activities which are carried out in our household waste facilities of glass , paper , waste - oil , etc. , er there are we have in the last twelve months started two initiatives which I think will fall in into erm the , the first part - composting . |
| 27 | This was a fluctuating group of four or five individuals who were responsible for the literary output of the organization . |
| 28 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 29 | A small group of wealthy men were responsible for the day-to-day management of community affairs , and owned a disproportionate share of the property — some 40 per cent being owned by only 5 per cent of the inhabitants . |
| 30 | The ‘ Masters ’ , said Dr Lawrence , were responsible for the miraculous birth and resurrection of Jesus ! |