Example sentences of "arrangements were [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Priest agreed , and the necessary arrangements were made for the boy 's adoption and transfer to Eire . |
| 2 | Arrangements were made for explanations of the transfer to be demanded by the influential Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons . |
| 3 | The Sheikha joined us and we sat together while arrangements were made for me to leave . |
| 4 | Arrangements were made for her to go to a home specialising in care for people who were motivated to look after themselves , and the staff were prepared to cope with the deafness . |
| 5 | The Statute of the Council of Europe was signed as the Treaty of Westminster , one month after the establishment of NATO , on 5 May 1949 by representatives of 10 states , and arrangements were made for the organisation to establish permanent offices in Strasbourg . |
| 6 | Meeting Seychelles tourist reps at a Travel Trade Fair clinched it and arrangements were made for us to join a small group of people on an exploratory trip in October 1989 . |
| 7 | While careful arrangements were made for the placement of every long-stay patient from Exminster , there was no direct reprovision of wards in the hospital as wards in the community . |
| 8 | Arrangements were made for the deceased to take up residence in a residential home for the elderly known as Samuel Saye House , owned and managed by a Mr. and Mrs. Tinker . |
| 9 | Harold Wilson was , when he might have been better engaged in the affairs of the nation , extremely solicitous in seeing that arrangements were made for Marcia Williams , particularly in relation to her progeny . |
| 10 | Arrangements were made for a voluntary tutor to visit his home to supplement his studies . |
| 11 | Apart from routine business , the final arrangements were made for the IGM ( Interim General Meeting ) . |
| 12 | Despite the lack of time , he was as good as his word , and we got a phone call from Colin Dobson , second in command of permanent way work , and arrangements were made for us to contact the signalman at Llangollen , since Colin would be away on business . |
| 13 | Arrangements were made for regular ‘ round table ’ discussions between representatives of the relevant Committees in both Research Councils , for the regular exchange of information about research planned , commissioned or completed and for continued co-operation where appropriate . |
| 14 | Circulars were issued to local authorities ; arrangements were made for the billeting of evacuees ( involving detailed surveys of available accommodation ) ; those citizens most at risk ( principally children , mothers with pre-school children , the elderly , the blind , the disabled ) were identified as belonging to the ‘ priority classes ’ ; and , most important of all , the country was divided into evacuation areas ( containing 11 million people , from which 3 million in the priority classes would be removed ) , reception areas ( 16 million ) which would host the evacuees , and neutral areas ( 13 million ) . |
| 15 | And , according to Mrs Aitken , Jake had no objections , so arrangements were made for Carol 's parents to pick up Kirsty on the appointed day . |
| 16 | But he specified later that the Five-Power Defence Arrangements , involving Malaysia , Singapore , the United Kingdom , Australia and New Zealand , which had been formalised in London in April 1970 were ‘ in no way incompatible with our neutralisation proposal or our non-aligned policy ’ since the Arrangements were intended for current defence needs and were entirely defensive in nature , whereas the neutralisation was a ‘ long-term solution ’ . |
| 17 | Arrangements were discussed for catering and preparation of hall . |
| 18 | Under Chapter II , grant-aid was available for these arrangements and similar but separate arrangements were introduced for vacation studies and ‘ summer schools ’ attended by students who had attended WEA classes and courses under Chapter III regulations . |