Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of a radical overhaul of US banking legislation was confirmed on Feb. 5 when the US Treasury announced proposals including the abolition of two laws dating from the 1930s which were widely blamed for the fragmented character of US banking . |
| 2 | From school I knew this parable by heart , and I think the reader must have known it too , because as he reached the concluding sentences , his frail hands were already feeling for the embroidered marker and preparing to close the great heavy book , so that his eyes were not on the page but were gazing unseeing into mine as he spoke the final well-worn words , ‘ Then said Jesus unto him , ‘ Go , and do thou likewise . ’ ’ |
| 3 | There would still be a bit of clublife here and there through the alleyways , and the all-night gambling schools in Chinatown , though those were usually reserved for the Oriental abacus-for-brains fanatic . |
| 4 | The foundations of the colonial era , during which white European nations dominated vast areas of Asia , Africa and Latin America , were fatally undermined for the first time during the turbulent second decade of the twentieth century . |
| 5 | So we were forever heading for the rocky interior of continents , to regions of crags and barrenness . |
| 6 | At the 1970 Annual General Meeting as said above , rumblings of discontent about the relative rights and status of bondholders were formally voiced for the first time . |
| 7 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 8 | Results were still awaited for the 10 non-Moslem seats . |
| 9 | Shortly afterwards they were outward bound for the Great Barrier Reef where they cruised for a year in search of a dream . |
| 10 | They were clearly destined for the junior secondary , with no hope of passing the " qualie " . |
| 11 | The investigator 's overall assessments were also compared for the two treatments after adjusting for sex , initial disease severity , hospital centre , and treatment option at day 14 . |
| 12 | The 1900s were also to see for the first time deaf women beginning to acquire their own identity through achievement by their own talent although not one as yet played any prominent part in deaf organisations which remained the preserve of the deaf male . |
| 13 | Odds ratios were also calculated for the different factors . |
| 14 | Suggestions were also made for the future development of the qualifications . |
| 15 | Preparations were also made for the smooth embarkation of new passengers and their luggage . |
| 16 | The new date for the first round had been announced on Feb. 4 , when new provisional dates were also given for the second round ( March 8 ) and the two rounds of the presidential elections ( March 22 and April 5 ) . |
| 17 | Tailored awards , designed to meet the specific needs of particular organisations and employers , were also offered for the first time , attracting over 500 candidates . |
| 18 | They were also allowed for the first time to subsidize denominational primary schools . |
| 19 | When the heir to a Forest wardenship was a minor , large fines were also paid for the profitable grant of his wardenship and marriage . |
| 20 | Simultaneously elections were also held for the Czech and Slovak National Councils , which had 200 and 150 seats respectively . |
| 21 | Outside there appear to have been two aisled barns of second- and third-century date respectively , which were probably used for the safe storage of taxes collected in kind or goods in transit . |
| 22 | The fuel rods were originally destined for the now-defunct nuclear reactor at Kalka ; they are being sent to the UK for storage because it is cheaper . |
| 23 | Lothian and Borders police said they were well prepared for the friendly invasion . |
| 24 | Initial laser treatment had been successful and bowel symptoms were well controlled for the first two months after radiotherapy in all patients . |
| 25 | I hear you were even nominated for the Young Designer of the Year Award . ’ |
| 26 | We were virtually aiming for the impossible : to launch the revamped Friends of John McCarthy complete with campaign logo , notepaper and T-shirts , by our target date of 17 February , in four weeks ' time . |
| 27 | Using the method recommended by Dunlap , Jones and Bittner ( 1983 ) correlations were calculated for each subject individually across the 24 films used in this study , correlations were then averaged for the 48 subjects using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver & Dunlap 1987 ) . |
| 28 | The remains of the R-1 and R-2 were again rebuilt for the 1935 Bendix , but crashed on take-off killing Cecil Allen . |
| 29 | As a result , the council having declined to give an undertaking , the interlocutory injunction was discharged ; and your Lordships were informed that the interlocutory injunctions granted in about 100 other cases were likewise discharged for the same reason . |
| 30 | In the Labour League of Youth leading members were actively negotiating for the formal amalgamation of the Young Communist League . |