Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train services on the Esk Valley line were delayed for a short time and the Sprinter train was allowed to continue its journey after it had been examined by experts . |
| 2 | The Leeward Islands had tried to ignore Carlisle 's lieutenant-governor as early as the 1630s , and when the islands became royal colonies in the 1660s they were treated for a short time as separate communities , with each island being regarded as an individual colony . |
| 3 | Only 45 patients ( 36% ) were referred for a nephrological opinion , an annual rate of 51 ( 95% confidence interval 32.8 to 60.2 ) per million total population , or 62.1 ( 45.3 to 83.1 ) per million adults . |
| 4 | Probably the first time that tsunami were blamed for a particular deposit was in Sir Edward Bailey 's brilliant exposition of the origin of the Upper Jurassic boulder beds in eastern Scotland , discussed in the last chapter . |
| 5 | Because the bodies were designed for a narrower gauge , two and one seating was provided on the upper deck of Nos. 1–16 . |
| 6 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 7 | Species that were numerous around the boat and which were caught for a cursory examination only ’ were released again alive , ‘ the operation ’ , Gould maintained , giving ‘ not the least pain to the bird , the point of the hook merely taking hold in the horny and insensible tip of the beak . ’ |
| 8 | These were done for a particular customer that wanted them buffed . |
| 9 | Jane Barker 's first poems were written for a small coterie including many Cambridge scholars , along the lines of the ‘ Society of Friendship ’ of her literary model Katherine Philips [ q.v. ] ; and when she moved to London in the 1680s , some of these poems were published in the unauthorized Poetical Recreations ( 1688 ) . |
| 10 | These were leased for a nominal sum from a very understanding Tangmere Parish Council . |
| 11 | Those of the French , the majority , who at least implicitly gave their allegiance to Vichy France , were prepared for a wary collaboration with the Japanese and as Admiral Decoux , the French Governor-General appointed by Marshal pétain , always maintained , they were determined , no matter what happened in France , to preserve the French position in Indochina . |
| 12 | They were prepared for an unyielding defence of their two flocks of 10,000 battery hens against the Ministry of Agriculture and the 10 burly ex-miners who form the ministry 's chicken-killing squad , ever-ready to wring a feathered neck . |
| 13 | If cases were selected for a particular disposal at random , Galloway suggested , how could proper consideration be being given to the welfare of the child in every case ? |
| 14 | A set of 32 items meeting these criteria were selected for a short form of the test , and a larger set of 150 items was included in a long form of the test . |
| 15 | The old Gothic was felt to be as inadequate in the 1890s as the old meeting-house had been in the 1860s so plans were made for a new building worthy of their pastor whose fame was rapidly increasing . |
| 16 | Programmes which were made for a general public of native speakers of the language will obviously not be graded for use with language students . |
| 17 | Arrangements were made for a voluntary tutor to visit his home to supplement his studies . |
| 18 | At the beginning of the century , around 50 were used for a small number of functions . |
| 19 | No excuses were offered for a lacklustre performance on Saturday . |
| 20 | ELABORATE last-ditch attempts to save a town from lava flowing from Sicily 's Mount Etna were postponed for a second day yesterday because of poor weather . |
| 21 | The potential differences across three pairs of Ag/AgCl electrodes matched for impedance and placed as shown in Figure 1 were measured for a one hour period after an overnight fast ( or a fast of at least four hours in the smallest infants ) . |
| 22 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 23 | A spokeswoman for C & G said : ‘ We were prosecuted for a technical infringement as the APRs on our posters were not printed boldly enough . |
| 24 | Land animals need to protect themselves from drying out , so scales were exchanged for an impervious skin ( although some amphibians can control the admission of water through their skin with the aid of hormones ) . |
| 25 | During the year options in respect of 369,606 shares were exercised for a total consideration of £701,399 and 59,336 shares were issued in respect of Dawson International PLC Personal Equity Plans for a consideration of £120,460 . |
| 26 | Mass has been offered regularly in St Gerard 's School as funds were raised for a new church centre in Hemlington . |
| 27 | Their owner believes they were stolen for a private collector abroad . |
| 28 | Early in the season , Tony Wright bravely predicted that Gloucestershire were set for a successful summer . |
| 29 | In other words , we were set for a few laughs . |
| 30 | Jayne Mansfield 's were insured for a million dollars . |