Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An article in Our Flag in November 1912 pointed out that the average turnover of votes in by-elections had been about 1,300 votes per contest and that only 250 votes per contest was needed for an overall Unionist majority . |
| 2 | The President was elected for a five-year term , limited to two consecutive terms . |
| 3 | A search was made for an apt sock-it-to-him opening remark , yet nothing came . |
| 4 | The six times world champion could see a full ball and the standard miss rule was applied for a forfeited frame . |
| 5 | A free system of administration was substituted for an official system . |
| 6 | The Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry on Jan. 9 announced that the Czechoslovak side was to press for a complete withdrawal before the end of 1990 of the estimated 75,000 Soviet troops stationed in the country since the entry of Warsaw Pact forces in 1968 . |
| 7 | Once Lothar had again spurned his brothers ' messengers , and come southwards from Aachen to the Moselle , apparently seeking battle , the scene was set for a final showdown . |
| 8 | The scene was set for a Russian calamity . |
| 9 | With actress Jackie , 47 , the Hollywood party scene was set for a quiet chat and a bottle of champagne — maybe a magnum . |
| 10 | The scene was set for an eventual conflict with the question being ‘ when ’ rather than ‘ will ’ a protest movement break out . |
| 11 | This time members of Strood Rural Council and Rochester Council attended and the proposal was put for a high level bridge 60 ft above water level . |
| 12 | Heath was calling for a decisive mandate to put the unions in their place , but the most striking feature of the results is that they offered no party any decisive mandate whatever . |
| 13 | British Gas sponsorship was obtained for a comprehensive survey of client needs and perceptions of architects . |
| 14 | If my understanding is correct , the boy was looking for a missing goat on the edge of the thicket when he was charged by a cow elephant and killed . |
| 15 | However , under section 13 of the Act of 1988 , the validity of registrations effected under the previous Act was extended for a transitional period until 31 March 1989 . |
| 16 | Within a couple of hours the silence that had wrapped the sea in peace was changed for a distant roar-like thunder . |
| 17 | While these arrangements were being formulated , the developer was looking for a suitable building . |
| 18 | The Hospitality Inn was looking for a worthy home for unwanted furniture and bedding after refurbishment . |
| 19 | This vital question , said the astrozoologists with mounting authority , would not be answered until a larger and more powerful gantry was constructed for a deep-space vessel . |
| 20 | British case at least , the problem of national or ethnic difference was masked for a long period by development occurring in the peripheries at the same rate and in similar ways to development in industrial England . |
| 21 | In one set of trials the type of match required was varied from trial to trial while in a second set of trials the same match was required for a fixed number of stimulus presentations . |
| 22 | For reasons which are none to clear there had been little , if any , pressure on Aldus from the existing users to form such a group and it was felt that a need was emerging for a secondary level of support for the program . |
| 23 | Situated at the head of the Cuckmere valley , on an impressive site in the heart of the Weald and protected by the great bend of the Cuckmere River , this site was chosen for an Augustinian priory in the 13th century and became part of the religious life of the time . |
| 24 | EMBATTLED Chancellor Norman Lamont was in hot water over money again last night after his official residence was used for a Tory fund-raising drive . |
| 25 | A score was assigned for a given profile , and computer facilities played a key role in the development of this area . |
| 26 | In Ealing , approval was given for an administrative officer ( sum not specified ) to be appointed under MISG ‘ to co-ordinate the multi-agency work required by the care programme approach ’ . |
| 27 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is erm the orange disk was flashing for a long while before the buzzer |
| 28 | The Lord President ( Cooper ) in IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 at 230 stated that : … it is not enough that a person resident in the United Kingdom should somehow have derived benefit from the income of a foreign possession … the duty of the Court was to seek for an actual remittance to , and receipt in , the United Kingdom and not to be lead astray by an " equivalent " to a remittance or receipt , or a " constructive receipt " . |
| 29 | Therefore , in the subsequent 56 patients adjuvant therapy with chenodeoxycholic acid 7 mg/kg/day and ursodeoxycholic acid 5 mg/kg/ day was given for an arbitrary period of three months after the procedure . |
| 30 | This service was provided for a small proportion of the clients ( one in Ipswich and seven in Newham ) . |