Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adj] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attempt was made in Parliament to restrict the power to intercept for security reasons to cases where this was necessary for the defence of the realm or to prevent subversion , terrorism , or espionage — still wider than the guidelines but much closer to their spirit than the statute . |
| 2 | Since the unions were tied so closely to the Labour Party , this was important for the party 's standing in the election . |
| 3 | While this was true for the adult population , Yarmuk indicated that the younger of the bourgeois Palestinian class felt deep unease over their identity . |
| 4 | So far as the grounds for issuing such warrants were concerned , these were first for the detection of serious crime , and , secondly , for safeguarding the security of the state . |
| 5 | The frescos also had high carbon levels , and these were responsible for the darkening of the paintings . |
| 6 | The Board interviewed five candidates ( listed below ) and unanimously agreed that while all were suitable for the post , it recommended that Miss Valerie Muirhead be offered the post , to be taken up as soon as possible , at a salary two points below the maximum of the AA main scale . |
| 7 | However , we ran out of the fog somewhere near Fort Augustus and all was well for the rest of that trip . |
| 8 | Quite often Catholic groups gave support to Franco against the Socialist Republican government , on the grounds that the latter was responsible for the burning of churches and the murdering of Catholics . |
| 9 | The latter was responsible for the track , its foundations and the paving , while the Company provided the electrical equipment , together with the power station , depot and cars . |
| 10 | By such means it is possible , within the Lancashire Coal Measures for example , to demonstrate that very rapid sedimentation alternated with very slow sedimentation and that the former was responsible for the bulk of at least some parts of the record . |
| 11 | The same was true for the electorate 's awareness of party leaders . |
| 12 | In addition , Richards has indicated the strength of the connection between cremation urns and the deceased as there appears to have been ‘ a collective conception of the urn form that was appropriate for the burial of a person of a particular age , sex , ethnic , totemic , or other social grouping ’ ( Richards 1982 , p. 43 ) . |
| 13 | Johnstone of Lochwood and Jardine of Applegirth led the way , in their element , for this was just their accustomed Border reiving on a larger scale , and they knew all the hidden ways to go , darkness hereafter no trouble , since that was normal for the business . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want to sell them , but if an offer came in that was right for the club and right for the player , then we would consider it , just as any club would in the lower divisions in the same position . |
| 15 | The eruption did not stop after the destruction of the city , though , and the nuee that was responsible for the tragedy was in volcanic terms a relatively minor affair and it was by no means the last from Mt Pelee . |
| 16 | In her heart of hearts she had blamed Paul for his unrelenting pressure , but it was her own weakness , her failure to stand up to him , that was responsible for the situation . |
| 17 | Of the trade guilds , the livery companies in the cities undertook to provide all that was customary for the performance of the obsequies of their deceased members , the street processions often reflecting in size and panoply the funerals of the nobility . |