Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] for an [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 | A search was made for an apt sock-it-to-him opening remark , yet nothing came . |
| 3 | A free system of administration was substituted for an official system . |
| 4 | The scene was set for an eventual conflict with the question being ‘ when ’ rather than ‘ will ’ a protest movement break out . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Thus , while the stucco was engraved at the château of Monte Cristo , the Bey 's mausoleum was delayed for an entire year . |
| 10 | Mr Paul Bagni , general manager of Dalgety , said : ‘ I am convinced the pilot was aiming for an old airfield behind our plant but came down just short of it . ’ |
| 11 | Then pulled himself up short before he inadvertently mentioned Bliss 's warning that the shipment was destined for an Iranian terrorist faction . |
| 12 | The nation was waiting for an important announcement on the outcome of the talks . |
| 13 | The stage was set for an exciting finale on a modified version of the men 's final . |