Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 2 | Female animals were used only for the less significant peace-offerings when animals of either sex could be sacrificed ( Lev . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The recent calculations were done only for the collision of an electron and a positron , a collision common in particle accelerators . |
| 7 | More than 52 buildings were put forward for the award for the imaginative redesign of old buildings . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Breeding and hatching dates were planned solely for the Christmas market when up to two million birds would be sold . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Parasitaemia on thick blood films and symptoms were recorded daily for the first week and subsequently every week until 28 days after therapy . |
| 13 | Crash runways were built nearby for the bombers returning from missions in Europe , and Free French forces were billeted in the village . |
| 14 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 15 | Some were in use as fulling mills whilst others were used predominantly for the grinding of barley for brewing the monastery 's beer supply . |
| 16 | Of course no such lending could possibly take place if the constables were required elsewhere for the preservation of order ; but ( as Bankes L.J . |
| 17 | Tissue samples were assessed biochemically for the neutrophil marker enzyme , myeloperoxidase , using the method of Krawisz et al . |