Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transformations complete , all six readers were lined up for the final photograph . |
| 2 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 3 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 4 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 5 | Female animals were used only for the less significant peace-offerings when animals of either sex could be sacrificed ( Lev . |
| 6 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 7 | Staff who helped care for American casualties were invited back for the occasion … along with a cavalcade of military vehicles from the second world war . |
| 8 | On 1st April 1989 , annual domestic rate bills were sent out for the last time . |
| 9 | In fact , 32 houses , 3 churches and 2 gardens were taken over for the building of the Clementinum or Jesuit College . |
| 10 | Bath cup semi-final is just one of many big events this weekend … at Aintree they race the Grand National … while on the Thames they 'll be rowing the Boat Race … and today in London the Oxford and Cambridge crews were pulled together for the weigh-in … |
| 11 | In many fields , however , the use of cash limits , monitoring and sub-contracting served only to stabilize employment levels ( Table 5.8 ) in the face of growing demand ( for instance for health services , unemployment benefit or policing ) , and permanent reductions were shown principally for the civil service and nationalized industries . |
| 12 | In Australia the absence of population in the great central deserts ensured that the stations were built more for the benefit of the trains than for the nonexistent passengers and goods . |
| 13 | The recent calculations were done only for the collision of an electron and a positron , a collision common in particle accelerators . |
| 14 | More than 52 buildings were put forward for the award for the imaginative redesign of old buildings . |
| 15 | On top of that , French banks were paid twice for the same service , first by French traders as a result of the Helsinki agreement and , second , by foreign banks ( those that the drawers of Eurocheques banked with ) as a result of the Eurocheque system exempted by the Commission in 1984 . |
| 16 | Northumbrian villages , though protected to some extent by castles and garrisons such as those at Carlisle , Naworth , Harbottle and Norham , tended to be built in a sort of miniature bailey around a large square green which could be gated when cattle were brought in for the night . |
| 17 | Our investigations of characteristics of user establishments were made only for the private sector , since we assumed non-market forces to be of too great importance in the public sector to permit most of the relevant propositions to be tested . |
| 18 | Breeding and hatching dates were planned solely for the Christmas market when up to two million birds would be sold . |
| 19 | Eight cars were illuminated , including car 3 of 1885 ( see p. 37 ) , and the lights were kept on for the rest of the season to enhance the scene . |
| 20 | This appeal to outlaw the military bases of external powers was issued largely for the consumption of Third World countries and the emergent group of non-aligned states . |
| 21 | For some good reason no Hurricanes were available and orders were telephoned through for the Fulmars to get airborne and gain altitude over Hal Far . |
| 22 | Last year , 20 players were sent off for the use of elbows . |
| 23 | Both players were brought in for the last six weeks of the season as McHale began to look ahead to next season when the Seasiders hope to mount a serious promotion push . |
| 24 | Whatever the method chosen , these invitations were issued only for the more important — i.e. expensive — funerals ; those of lesser rank had to rely on word of mouth . |
| 25 | The boundaries were drawn up for the Directive on a Commune by Commune basis with the vast majority of Communes being entirely allocated to one or other LFA zone . |
| 26 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 27 | A row of buses waited outside the station to take the racegoers away to a variety of outlying motels , and a long new coach with darkly tinted windows was set aside for the owners . |
| 28 | Rules were laid down for the management of schools , and the provision of finance by local authorities . |
| 29 | With competition becoming intense the first set of Motor Racing rules were drawn up for the Paris-Amsterdam-Paris race of 1898 . |
| 30 | In later years some swings were put up for the school , but that was after my time . |