Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The club , in Normanby Road , and its stand have been the scene of a series of unexplained fires , the latest being last Friday when the stand was gutted for the second time . |
| 2 | He remembered , just in time , not to shave — the beard was needed for the Edwardian Ball . |
| 3 | It shook me up the way the split was done for the 1990 US Open . |
| 4 | In that case , the plaintiff had invested money in a company after relying on accounts that had been prepared negligently by the defendant accountants who had known that the accounts were wanted for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to invest money in the company . |
| 5 | The award was made for the development of the Vortoil hydrocyclone unit for separating oil droplets from water . |
| 6 | The award was given for the Pensions Special report , produced for members of the pension scheme in May 1992 by the pensions department . |
| 7 | According to the Act , three conditions had to be met if the Board was to pay for the repair and stabilization of the building . |
| 8 | The money was raised for the purchase of a syringe driver , and in her letter of thanks , the Hospice Matron said : ‘ These pumps are extremely useful , and give many people the kind of pain relief that is sometimes difficult to achieve by other means . |
| 9 | We , it was when I went to , when I , we were doing something with maps when I was at school and they were trying to find out what , it was the , where the local rates where the money was spent for the local rates and one of projects was taken down the sewage works . |
| 10 | The federal Prime Minister , Ante Markovic , also a Croat , resigned on Dec. 20 , in protest at what he called a " war budget " for 1992 , in which he said that 81 per cent of the money was marked for the JNA [ see also below ] . |
| 11 | The money was used for the purchase by the secretary of state of buildings of outstanding architectural or historic interest , together with their contents . |
| 12 | There is no record of where the papingo was placed for the contests held during the first century of the Kilwinning Society of Archers . |
| 13 | And this blew away Mr Lamont 's excuse that the Germans were to blame for the pound crashing . |
| 14 | He scorned claims that Labour 's modest and prudent programme lacked a radical edge and scoffed at suggestions that the election was run for the entertainment of the media , rather than gaining power to serve the people . |
| 15 | The certificate was awarded for the Wood Group 's contribution towards accident prevention by raising school children 's awareness of safety through the 1992 D.E.S.K . |
| 16 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 17 | The number of symptoms was computed for each subject and the groups were compared for the proportion having 1 and 2 symptoms . |
| 18 | The cases were adjourned for the preparation of social inquiry reports . |
| 19 | Spectators are there in thousands and have been since the previous day , before the roads were closed for the Tour 's progress . |
| 20 | Gooch and Curtis made a solid start and the deficit was passed for the loss of just one wicket . |
| 21 | After all the signatures were collected for the petition it would be a pity to lose this service as well . |
| 22 | Part of the budget was earmarked for the establishment of a new Economic Research Centre in Northern Ireland , developed in co-operation with the Northern Ireland Office and the private sector subscribers , which was launched in 1985 ( see page 9 ) . |
| 23 | Whilst the AWCC were lobbying for the conversion of vacant apartments to market rate housing , the population interviewed by Ahlbrandt and Cunningham ( 1980 ) suggested that the high house prices caused the greatest concern in the area . |
| 24 | The Coronation Scot service ceased at the outbreak of war in 1939 , and the coaches were stabled for the duration , two sets at Horwich Locomotive Works , and one at Lostock Hall . |
| 25 | They did n't want to wait , either of them , and the wedding was arranged for the middle of October . |
| 26 | Dobbs flight was headed for Birmingham airport , but police are in no doubt the cocaine was intended for the streets of Gloucester . |
| 27 | Tom Foley , the speaker of the House of Representatives , has said that if the president were to ask for the authority to use force , there is a presumption that he would get it . |
| 28 | At 31 March 1991 , Harland Simon held 50% of the equity share capital of Perfect Information but did not treat this as an associated undertaking because the investment was held for the short term and was disposed of in August 1991 . |
| 29 | I was told the data was needed for the Medical Division — among a host of other activities INCUBUS owns a number of , pharmaceutical laboratories . |
| 30 | The aim of the research was to prepare for the development of a full proposal on ‘ The Management of Technical Uncertainty ’ . |