Example sentences of "the [noun] were [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 3 | The number of symptoms was computed for each subject and the groups were compared for the proportion having 1 and 2 symptoms . |
| 4 | The cases were adjourned for the preparation of social inquiry reports . |
| 5 | Spectators are there in thousands and have been since the previous day , before the roads were closed for the Tour 's progress . |
| 6 | After all the signatures were collected for the petition it would be a pity to lose this service as well . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When the words were spoken for the third time , however , the divorce was irrevocable . |
| 9 | The plates were developed for the first migration in a solvent saturated chamber consisting of chloroform/methanol/ammonium hydrate/water 184:105:7.5:7.5 vol and then dried in cold air . |
| 10 | According to an anecdote told in Herbert 's autobiography , copies of the portrait were made for the queen , for Richard Sackville , the third Earl of Dorset , and , in miniature by Isaac Oliver , for Lady Aeres ( a copy at University College , Oxford , may be one of these ) . |
| 11 | The pulse arrival times at the observatory were corrected for the Earth 's rotation and orbital motion using the Jet Propulsion Laboratory barycentric ephemeris DE200 ( ref. 7 ) to refer them to the Solar System barycentre . |
| 12 | The quintas were let for the season , either furnished or unfurnished . |
| 13 | Sigua on Feb. 18 denied insinuations that the weapons were intended for the new Georgian National Guard , and claimed that his government was seeking to replenish Georgian Interior Ministry weapons stores depleted by confiscations ordered by the USSR Interior Ministry and by thefts perpetrated by paramilitary groups . |
| 14 | But the fireworks were reserved for the last six holes , each of which he birdied . |
| 15 | The lights were dimmed for the next act , and a roll of drums announced two gorgeous showgirls , who were picked out by spotlights . |
| 16 | However , some quite large variations emerged when the figures were analysed for the different types of credit used ( see Appendix I , Table 18 ) . |
| 17 | Here the Unionists were challenged for the first time in many years but the NILP shared the anti-Unionist vote with Independents , who polled 4.5 per cent in North and 2 per cent in Waterside . |
| 18 | With corporal punishment abolished as a judicially imposed sentence , and capital punishment diverted , at least for a time , to a committee room in Whitehall , the decks were cleared for the first real post-war scrutiny of penal policy and methods . |
| 19 | Similar results to those shown in the example were achieved for the other estate agents sentences tested using this simple analyser . |
| 20 | Parts of the contents of the manual only came to light as a result of criminal trials following an incident at Orgreave during the strike , at which some of the techniques were implemented for the first time . |
| 21 | Dubbed Britain 's answer to the Supremes , the Divas were tipped for the top . |
| 22 | Next day it rained very hard and the leggings were worn for the first time . |
| 23 | I like I 'm sure others , once the issues were published for the E I P , took advice from the Home Secretary and were simply advised that the location that that we should give evidence on locational matters to the E I P and that is what we have done . |
| 24 | The fundamental point to make is that the standards were developed for the private sector , without local government in mind . |
| 25 | The public were prepared for the change by an illustrated leaflet , and the cars carried illuminated Pay As You Enter signs . |
| 26 | So the nurses were prepared for the worst , also . |
| 27 | The best climbers in the school were picked for the hunt and they set out , one on each shelf . |
| 28 | The Bolsheviks were blamed for the ‘ July uprising ’ , and Lenin was publicly denounced as a German agent . |
| 29 | Their house was attacked by a mob and the family were interned for the duration of the war as ‘ enemy aliens ’ . |
| 30 | A tall French-Canadian and a Japanese-American girl who sat with them had taken the precaution of handing their luggage over to someone in tourist class where the doors were locked for the duration of the journey . |