Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grounds of Midway Manor were transformed for the evening , with a candlelit drive leading guests up to the manor house where hot air balloons offered rides above the parkland . |
| 2 | She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died . |
| 3 | When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark . |
| 4 | Those theses with related papers being published several years before submission were presented for the degree of D Sc , which , as previously described , is granted on the basis of a scientist 's record of published work in a subject field . |
| 5 | Those theses with related papers being published several years before submission were presented for the degree of D Sc , which , as previously described , is granted on the basis of a scientist 's record of published work in a subject field . |
| 6 | Tom Foley , the speaker of the House of Representatives , has said that if the president were to ask for the authority to use force , there is a presumption that he would get it . |
| 7 | An answer came from Huddersfield , where the Town Football Club were looking for an assistant to their secretary-manager Ambrose Langley , who had partnered Chapman 's brother at Hull before the war . |
| 8 | State aid was accepted for the school , although the Church still retained some control . |
| 9 | Ferranti 's capacity to deliver had been in doubt because of its financial problems following the September 1989 revelation of a major alleged fraud scandal , but on Jan. 23 a deal was announced for the sale of Ferranti 's radar division Ferranti Defence Systems to GEC , which would merge it into GEC-Marconi . |
| 10 | Growing sugar and preparing it for shipping to London was harder work than growing and curing tobacco , and a much larger labour force was needed for the process of harvesting the cane and crushing it which had to be done in a very short period of time . |
| 11 | It is on a much smaller scale than those held just after the Second World War when animals and livestock were included and a show ring was erected for the horse and pony events . |
| 12 | The priory was plundered of its stones for Southover Grange , built for William Newton in 1572 , and Southover Manor was constructed for the Earl of Dorset 's steward to live in suitable style . |
| 13 | 3 years ago , Waddesdon Manor was used for a summit between Mrs Thatcher and President Mitterand . |
| 14 | was also licensed in Florida , where a two hour course on AIDS was needed for the renewal of the licence . |
| 15 | Mr Salmond may well be right in supposing that Labour 's Scottish high command was looking for an excuse to wriggle out of its reluctant commitments to constitutional co-operation . |
| 16 | ‘ The lads were tremendous and the club was run for the players . |
| 17 | If the Club was to look for a return on its money , as any other investing institution would , the criteria for that return would be two fold ; a boom in the popularity of tennis at grass roots level and/or impressive results at international level . |
| 18 | The African continent was selected for the pilot project , and in 1987 a national environmental database for Uganda was established , using existing data and information derived from remotely-sensed images . |
| 19 | As Gabriel 's concentration was broken for a moment , his shears cut the sheep 's skin . |
| 20 | They considered themselves above parish apprentices , yet of the fellow members of the cutter club with whom he rowed on the Thames , Place recalled that the stroke was hanged for a murder he did not commit , not being able to provide an alibi as he was committing a burglary at the time , while the cox was transported for a robbery . |
| 21 | The Old Testament was written for the people of Israel — the people who looked back to Jacob ( = Israel ) as their common ancestor and to Abraham as the founder of their nation . |
| 22 | The most passionate prejudice was reserved for the Jews . |
| 23 | Dobbs flight was headed for Birmingham airport , but police are in no doubt the cocaine was intended for the streets of Gloucester . |
| 24 | Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood 's bleak view of an anti-feminist future was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1986 . |
| 25 | As well as Churchill 's leonine oratory , we enjoyed comedy programmes , such as Tommy Handley 's ITMA which , if heard today , would seem childish indeed ; but the programme was created for an age of less sophisticated humour , and depended upon topical references striking chords in the heart of a nation which was as one , and united in a common cause as never before or since . |
| 26 | The programme was changed for the final to allow her to make unlimited unforced errors , and after holding points to win the first four games , which she did n't , she hardly raised a challenge . |
| 27 | The aim of the research was to prepare for the development of a full proposal on ‘ The Management of Technical Uncertainty ’ . |
| 28 | Cobalt was heading for a renewal of the morning 's hangover , Oliver would expect to head for Antibes with her later . |
| 29 | The study was conducted for the Bank Administrative Institute , an industry think-tank , by FMCG Capital Strategies , a financial-services consultancy . |
| 30 | The study was undertaken for the AA Foundation for Road Safety Research by the department of Psychology and the transportation Research Group at the University of Southampton . |