Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preincubation was usually continued for a further 10 minutes , and then agonists were added to the suspensions and the change in cyclic AMP content recorded at intervals over the following 30 minutes . |
| 2 | A former soldier was later sacked for the offence . |
| 3 | No department was actively pressing for a treaty . |
| 4 | Pink was also chosen for the main bedroom and its large en suite bathroom — once another bedroom . |
| 5 | THE WORLD 'S largest floating concrete dock was officially completed for the Royal Navy yesterday , as an admiral disputed the amount by which its costs had overrun . |
| 6 | Breakfast Car was well fancied for the Car Parks National Handicap Chase despite an 11 month absence . |
| 7 | Immunostaining for each enzyme was present in the cytoplasm of tumour cells ( Fig 3 and 4 ) , although in a few cases nuclear staining was also seen for the glutathione S-transferases . |
| 8 | Some of their football was remarkably composed for a Third Division side in adversity . |
| 9 | To the right were double doors , one three feet wide , the other about six feet in width was only opened for the movement of vehicles . |
| 10 | The scene was all set for a pitched battle . |
| 11 | The show was filmed entirely on location in Spain , where a 25-acre village was specially built for the purpose . |
| 12 | The show was filmed entirely on location in Spain , where a 25-acre village was specially built for the purpose . |
| 13 | Elizabeth Stewart , post-graduate chemistry student , recalls that Sir Robert Robinson under whom she was to work was away working for a government department and his students rarely saw him : ‘ We never knew when he would do a lab round , and often it would be at the lunch hour , when I was out ’ . |
| 14 | Work was still provided for the casuals , however , and granite blocks were purchased — the broken stone was to be used for paths at the institution . |
| 15 | On 16 April the House Budget Committee reported out a budget resolution that incorporated $15.8 billion in cuts — $20 billion less than the administration had requested — and the battle was now joined for the votes of those who could make or break the president 's programme , the Gypsy Moths and the Boll Weevils . |
| 16 | Central Office tried to keep the local parties alive , for the party truce was only renewed for a few months at a time and parliament was prolonged beyond its five-year term only for a few months at a time too . |
| 17 | While recognizing that poor local economic management was partly to blame for the region 's debt crisis , the report argued that what it described as the banks ' irresponsible lending practices meant they should also share responsibility and assume greater losses . |
| 18 | But the London and North-Western and the Great Western Railway companies were criticized for their poor provision of workmen 's trains in 1892 and a parliamentary select committee was still pressing for the provision of cheap trains for workers in 1905 . |
| 19 | So the the Cooperative was basically run for the people . |
| 20 | Made in the 1120s , the manuscript was originally intended for the St Albans monastic community . |
| 21 | Some sort of dress rehearsal was clearly required for the Cypriot police officers who were only just coming to grips with wiretap technology , and , right on cue , one of Hurley 's informants passed the word that Abou Daod , a Lebanese drugs trafficker , was coming to Cyprus to set up a deal . |
| 22 | A tall — up to 3ft — attractive plant , soapwort Saponaria officinalis was once cultivated for the soapy extract which can be obtained by crushing and boiling its leaves . |
| 23 | The Council was generally elected for a six-year term , but the 1990 elections were called after those of 1986 were annulled on a technicality . |
| 24 | Walking north from Gargrave the Pennine Wayfarer follows a meandering path over a series of drumlins to Airton , where an old cotton mill was once used for the manufacture of Dettol . |
| 25 | The senator was seemingly prepared for every difficulty I raised . |
| 26 | A FREAK gas accident was yesterday blamed for the death of brilliant young golfer Paul Hurring and his ‘ angelic ’ girlfriend . |
| 27 | A FREAK gas accident was yesterday blamed for the death of brilliant young golfer Paul Hurring and his girlfriend . |
| 28 | A variable intron distribution was recently discussed for the coxII and the nad4 genes in plant mitochondria ( 58 , 59 ) . |
| 29 | The outward appearance of gloomy taciturnity was therefore taken for the whole man . |
| 30 | By 1942 the Labour Party Conference was also calling for a comprehensive scheme of social security , adequate cash payments to provide security whatever the contingency , a scheme of family allowances , and a national health service . |