Example sentences of "[det] [noun] was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The predominance of Latin in this sample reflects the fact that many letters were addressed to bishops , and that Latin was used for the more solemn and formal instruments emanating from her chancery . |
| 2 | Some provision was made for the giving of legal advice by salaried solicitors outside the ambit of private practice in the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 , but the part of the Act which would have established full-time paid solicitors located at the Legal Aid Area Headquarters and travelling to smaller places was never brought into force . |
| 3 | This feeding was continued for a period after their release on the tenth day , in case they were unable to hunt . |
| 4 | He told the jury : ‘ This courtroom was used for the trial of Moors murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady . |
| 5 | This term was reserved for the rural dialects , which had been legitimized by nineteenth-century investigations , and which were believed to be ‘ genuine ’ in a way that urban dialects are not . |
| 6 | This criterion was introduced for the benefit of an authority like Kirklees which runs the large institution of Huddersfield Polytechnic but which has a limited population and therefore a relatively small rate basis . |
| 7 | In fact this exercise was undertaken for the whole school , and led to a number of improvements to the programme in all year groups . |
| 8 | However , here he was at pains to point out that ‘ although this work was intended for an appendix to the Gardeners Dictionary , yet it may be reckoned a complete performance in itself independent to that ’ . |
| 9 | This alleyway was shut for a few months and we Hello . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Jaq imagined arcane astromantic calculations and perversions of Tarot divination — conducted by Carnelian , the Tarot-sneak ? — before this planet was chosen for the first emergence of the entity . |
| 12 | This sample was provided for the project by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and was in turn drawn from a larger sample of 500 households which the Executive had used for their own survey of housing patterns in the city ( cf. |
| 13 | This service was provided for a small proportion of the clients ( one in Ipswich and seven in Newham ) . |
| 14 | This arrangement was used for the BBC ( the corporation ) in 1927 when it was set up under Royal Charter , and for the commercial broadcasting sector from 1954 onwards . |
| 15 | This debate was tabled for a Monday night when , for the replies , Labour Front-Bench Members greatly outnumber those on the Back Benches , which is not surprising as it is a one-line Whip night . |
| 16 | The final act of this Keele was to ballot for the sessions for Keele 1994 . |
| 17 | But this Society was created for a very specific purpose , and on occasion has been obliged to act with extreme severity in the pursuit of that purpose . |
| 18 | and another voice was asking for a priest . |
| 19 | This system was written for the purpose of understanding travel-expense reports . |
| 20 | The annual incidence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease in this region was estimated for the years 1962 to 1978 and the prevalences on 31 December 1978 were calculated . |
| 21 | There 's about three and a quarter million of those , as and when this slide was made for the self-employed . |
| 22 | During the first thirty-six years of the century the pope had taxed the English church to the tune of almost £450,000 , of which some £360,000 was earmarked for the king , a sum more than three times the amount produced in that time by direct royal taxation of the clergy . |
| 23 | In Zambia , the provision of hybrid maize seed , fertiliser and marketing services to small-scale farmers dated from the mid 1960s ; in Kenya the provision of such services was extended for the first time in the 1960s well beyond the Kikuyu . |
| 24 | That job was to last for the following eleven years . |
| 25 | Not all of either circumstance was required for the effect , given that the other whole circumstance existed . |
| 26 | Very little packaging was required for a counter service style of shopping , and the simplicity of packaging technology combined with the need for economy kept packaging to a minimum . |
| 27 | All treatment was withdrawn for a minimum of two weeks , after which inclusion in the trial depended on a diastolic blood pressure >105 mm Hg . |
| 28 | More help was provided for the farmer , and particularly for the rural poor . |
| 29 | They also checked possible ‘ berths ’ for major craft and LSTs , where more space was needed for a safe beaching and suitable ground on the beach for the LSTs ' vehicles to deploy . |
| 30 | Under its extant rules , support from 55 per cent of those voting was required for a strike to be called , and this was achieved on the first two occasions only : in December 1971 , 59 per cent voted in favour , whereas in February 1974 support was an overwhelming 81 per cent . |