Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [be] [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 These men were the ministeriales , originally unfree tenants ; as the nobility became increasingly independent , the ministeriales were promoted to fill their place in the royal service , and they received increasingly valuable patronage and endowment ; abbots of imperial monasteries were even forbidden to distribute fiefs to free tenants — they were to be reserved for the unfree , the ministeriales .
2 Dismissing the taxpayer 's appeal , Mr Justice Vinelott said that the overriding purpose of para 24(5) , Sch 5 , FA 1975 was to ensure that the participators in a close company , which was entitled to an interest in possession , were to be treated for the purposes of capital transfer tax as if they had been entitled to interests in possession according to their rights and interests in the company .
3 Use of the library resource centre means that the children would have immediate access to a much larger collection than can normally be gathered in a series of project or topic boxes , of the kind that were to be gathered for the use of the eight groups in this example .
4 It was the belief of many of its members that if explanations and theories were to be given for the facts collected in their natural histories , they were to be given in mechanical terms , specifically in terms of the corpuscular theory .
5 A decree issued on Sept. 16 stated that the profits of all wholly Omani-owned companies were to be taxed for the first time from the end of 1989 .
6 But it was sent to the National Security Council and in the meantime Secretary of Defense Johnson , according to the internal ‘ History of the Indo-China Incident ’ prepared for and by the Joint Chiefs of Staff , had called upon the NSC to determine exactly how US security was threatened by the current situation in the Far East and to formulate tentative courses of action which were to be co-ordinated for the whole region and were to outline specific objectives to be attained .
7 ’ On reading these lines I realised that , if the word ‘ starving ’ were to be substituted for the word ‘ dying ’ , they could be read as a description of my own attitude at the time I was anorexic .
8 As during previous eras , pre- and post-liberation the rights of the individual were to be sacrificed for the sake of maintaining social stability and avoiding da luan .
9 SHORTLY after the Russians invaded , the famous Barrandov Studios , in which so many world-class directors had worked , were to be used for the making of a film called Factory Of Illusions , in which a young and idealistic graduate of the Film Academy arrives to find well-known film-makers of the New Wave drinking and whoring instead of making films , and almost succumbs to counter-revolution himself .
10 In December 1839 , schools were to be established for the use of workmen in the Company 's employ ; in June 1840 , these were to include a reading room .
11 The main case as to the long-term or lawful ownership was to be sent for the pope to decide when the judges had examined witnesses and collected the evidence .
12 The Ministry of Health distributed a circular concerning the provision of air-raid shelters in hospitals ; part of the building was to be designated for the purpose , ‘ such overhead and lateral protection being provided as is possible ’ .
13 There was to be no ‘ acting tough or noisy ill-discipline ’ ; toughness was to be reserved for the enemy .
14 This is indicated in Layton 's references to the views of science on the one hand in terms of ‘ the disinterested pursuit of truth ’ , and on the other , particularly by those involved in the Great Exhibition , as ‘ the producer for the industrial market place ( so that science was to be studied for the economic benefits it would yield ) ’ .
15 The word had now gone out — the ‘ Loony Left ’ was to be bashed for the sake of the Party .
16 A time was to be fixed for the expedition in the month of November , and by leaving in the evening on the ebb tide we could expect to reach the shores of Wight with the full morning flood .
17 A report on " measures to bring about more effective co-ordination and on priorities for action by the Community member states " was to be prepared for the June summit .
18 The " Union 's general negotiation framework " was to be prepared for the December summit .
19 He mentioned that great charges and costs had been incurred by the works far above any returns , Some course was to be made for the maintenance of the workmen if the mines were as worn out as the Germans pretended .
20 A Union Jack was to be purchased for the occasion at a cost not exceeding one pound .
21 Early in 1992 TES sales representative , began negotiating with a Malaysian company called Time-Epe and they subsequently secured a $4 million contract for the sale of the FT4 equipment which was to be installed for the Sabah Electricity Board in the town of Tawau [ population 40,000 ] .
22 They talked about the latest sensation — some wretched murder — and about a woman , a maidservant , who was to be tried for the murder in Geneva the next day !
23 Red tile set on edge was to be used for the centrepiece , Portland stone for the surround , brown pebble paving for an infill , blue and white pebbles to make a star design , white marble for the path through the pergola .
24 This second study differed only in that during initial training the subjects received conditioning trials with a different stimulus ( a light ) in the context that was to be used for the test .
25 Bonaventure of the St John of God Hospitallers , welcomed everyone on arrival at the centre which was to be used for the first time .
26 In other words , a scientific sociology was to be used for the reorganisation of society .
27 The estate itself was to be used for the well-being of those Jews who had also suffered at the hands of the Nazis and other oppressors of the faith .
28 After having Sir Michael 's approval Gibson had an oak felled , which was to be used for the engine , amounting to 16 ft. of timber at 2s .
29 She said she had tabled questions in the House of Commons asking if new money was to be provided for the expansion and to identify the rule in an act .
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