Example sentences of "the [noun pl] were [verb] 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 | And this blew away Mr Lamont 's excuse that the Germans were to blame for the pound crashing . |
| 3 | Oxford and Cambridge came face to face for the first time today when the scales were set for the official weigh-in . |
| 4 | The number of symptoms was computed for each subject and the groups were compared for the proportion having 1 and 2 symptoms . |
| 5 | The cases were adjourned for the preparation of social inquiry reports . |
| 6 | Spectators are there in thousands and have been since the previous day , before the roads were closed for the Tour 's progress . |
| 7 | After all the signatures were collected for the petition it would be a pity to lose this service as well . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When the words were spoken for the third time , however , the divorce was irrevocable . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The quintas were let for the season , either furnished or unfurnished . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In a pre-scheduled address to an international banking conference attended by the Czech and Slovak finance ministers where he was to have delivered a lecture on setting up direct sales operations in Eastern Europe , Kontrax president Gabor Dixco told an embarrassed audience that the global recession , poor financial management and lack of support from the banks were to blame for the company 's collapse . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 20 | Remember this — most of the players were regular first team players , so , exxcluding the very first transfers , all the players were playing for the 2nd Div champions , or a top 4 team in the country . |
| 21 | Next day it rained very hard and the leggings were worn for the first time . |
| 22 | The demonstrators were calling for the resumption of the National Conference , suspended by the government in January , which had been set up by more than 130 political parties to review and undertake reform on Zaire 's one-party political system . |
| 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 students were calling for the restoration of school buildings damaged during the 1976 earthquake in Guatemala and a subsequent tremor in May 1988 . |
| 26 | So the nurses were prepared for the worst , also . |
| 27 | The Bolsheviks were blamed for the ‘ July uprising ’ , and Lenin was publicly denounced as a German agent . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The Rattries were destined for the workhouse anyway , sooner or later . |
| 30 | The political repercussions of the events were devastating for the Labour Party . |