Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Our stronger feelings were reserved for the unscrupulous organisers of this sordid trade in human cargoes who were profiting from the Asians ' misery . |
| 32 | Carpets with borders were custom made for the large public areas and standard ranges were used for the 72 bedrooms . |
| 33 | It is hardly surprising that health authorities and hospital managers were calling for the immediate introduction of capitation funding for fundholders as a means of stemming losses from their budgets . |
| 34 | I knew that these paintings were produced for the Spanish in the decades after their conquest of Latin America , and represented the christianising of the old centres of Inca culture , in Peru and Bolivia especially . |
| 35 | Although forewarned by the bombardment , the Germans had not temporarily withdrawn from the heights ; so the troops in their trenches were bombarded for the best part of a week and could receive no food or relief from the devastating artillery fire . |
| 36 | However , some quite large variations emerged when the figures were analysed for the different types of credit used ( see Appendix I , Table 18 ) . |
| 37 | Time versus activity curves were generated for the proximal , middle , and distal thirds of the oesophagus and the whole of the oesophagus . |
| 38 | Here the Unionists were challenged for the first time in many years but the NILP shared the anti-Unionist vote with Independents , who polled 4.5 per cent in North and 2 per cent in Waterside . |
| 39 | The opening piece , Respighi 's symphonic poem Fountains of Rome , was subtly characterised and sensuously played , but the real fireworks were reserved for the second half of the concert . |
| 40 | But the fireworks were reserved for the last six holes , each of which he birdied . |
| 41 | The government showed its new military capabilities at the independence anniversary celebrations on Oct. 1 , 1989 , when Franco-German anti-tank missiles and French Mistral portable ground-to-air missiles were displayed for the first time . |
| 42 | The lights were dimmed for the next act , and a roll of drums announced two gorgeous showgirls , who were picked out by spotlights . |
| 43 | The 58th British Services International Alpine Ski Championships were held for the second year running in Megève . |
| 44 | Banana splits still solved acute hunger problems but gorgeous undies were forgotten for the first time . |
| 45 | As before , Hoffman 's arguments were persuasive , and orders were issued for the entire Eastern Group to march southward on 25 August to be in position to attack Samsonov 's right wing . |
| 46 | Ranks were restored in the People 's Liberation Army as from Oct. 1 , 1988 , and 17 generals were appointed for the first time in 23 years [ for adoption by NPC in July 1988 of regulations re-introducing military ranks see p. 36104 ] . |
| 47 | With corporal punishment abolished as a judicially imposed sentence , and capital punishment diverted , at least for a time , to a committee room in Whitehall , the decks were cleared for the first real post-war scrutiny of penal policy and methods . |
| 48 | At the launching of Action for Cities , it was announced that no more UDCs were planned for the foreseeable future . |
| 49 | Parts of the contents of the manual only came to light as a result of criminal trials following an incident at Orgreave during the strike , at which some of the techniques were implemented for the first time . |
| 50 | The secretary , David East , is now a figure of the distant past following his decision to resign his post over the way 10 Welsh players were recruited for the celebratory tour , and the Union still have to find a candidate to replace Rhys Williams as the junior vice-president . |
| 51 | Remember this — most of the players were regular first team players , so , exxcluding the very first transfers , all the players were playing for the 2nd Div champions , or a top 4 team in the country . |
| 52 | Forty percent of those procedures were written for the '89 shutdown and the other sixty percent for the 1991 overhaul . |
| 53 | Next day it rained very hard and the leggings were worn for the first time . |
| 54 | On March 28 such flights were resumed for the first time since the outbreak of war in the Gulf . |
| 55 | About 50 parking spaces were reserved for the disabled in Abbot 's Yard car park , Houndgate , Horsemarket and Raby Terrace , said Coun. Robinson . |
| 56 | Double-deckers were used for the maximum impact , including the historic Dreadnought , in 1964 . |
| 57 | Indeed , the first moves in this direction occurred in 1986 of course , when as Noble Lords will recall the Metropolitan counties or at least their county councils were abolished and police authorities were created for the same areas as freestanding corporate bodies . |
| 58 | Three main reasons were given for the apparent lack of enthusiasm : board members found it difficult to spare additional time for this form of training ; they were doubtful of the ability of outside trainers to provide training in tune with local needs ; attempts by some education authorities to retain part of the training budget in order to supply such area sessions were seen by some members as demonstrating a lack of trust in the board 's ability to organise its own training . |
| 59 | A variety of reasons were proffered for the long delay in setting the seal on a deal but drummer Gary Murdoch maintains that ‘ we 've had a string of managers who did n't really know their job ’ . |
| 60 | An example would be where two sets of final accounts were presented for the one organization , the first reporting historic costs and the second current valuations . |