Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] for the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | State aid was accepted for the school , although the Church still retained some control . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | was also licensed in Florida , where a two hour course on AIDS was needed for the renewal of the licence . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The aim of the research was to prepare for the development of a full proposal on ‘ The Management of Technical Uncertainty ’ . |
| 15 | The study was conducted for the Bank Administrative Institute , an industry think-tank , by FMCG Capital Strategies , a financial-services consultancy . |
| 16 | But Pearl 's study was criticized for the non-randomness of his sample . |
| 17 | So , in addition to regulations for worship ( festivals , sacrifices , etc. ) , detailed guidance was given for the preservation of ritual purity . |
| 18 | Much more golf was being played and a 72 record entry was achieved for the Captain 's Prize . |
| 19 | If therapy was needed for the child , they wanted to share in the offering of help and particularly valued taking part with the workers in life-story work . |
| 20 | Last January , £1.5m was invested in Dublin , where the former Sealink Terminal was re-opened for the launch of Coastal 's new Dublin-Liverpool service . |
| 21 | This criterion was introduced for the benefit of an authority like Kirklees which runs the large institution of Huddersfield Polytechnic but which has a limited population and therefore a relatively small rate basis . |
| 22 | They did n't want to wait , either of them , and the wedding was arranged for the middle of October . |
| 23 | A spokesman said no transfusion was risk-free , even though blood was tested for the Aids virus . |
| 24 | The important point about the example , though , is that neither the instructor 's action nor the pupil 's action was required for the stopping . |
| 25 | In Chapter 4 a no-arbitrage equation was derived for the relationship between the spot and futures prices of a market index . |
| 26 | He told the jury : ‘ This courtroom was used for the trial of Moors murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady . |
| 27 | A study by Peters ( 1988 ) showed a similar result comparing subjects ’ memories for a nurse giving them an inoculation with that for a researcher subsequently encountered , they found that face recognition was impaired for the nurse , another result suggesting memory impairment for an arousing event . |
| 28 | According to an anecdote told in Herbert 's autobiography , copies of the portrait were made for the queen , for Richard Sackville , the third Earl of Dorset , and , in miniature by Isaac Oliver , for Lady Aeres ( a copy at University College , Oxford , may be one of these ) . |
| 29 | Reports claimed that demonstrators in the south were calling for the establishment of an Islamic government in Iraq headed by Hakim . |
| 30 | Two rooms and a telephone were reserved for the CAB and , with a list of appointments prepared by the company , clients were called over the tannoy system to avoid queues . |