Example sentences of "the [noun pl] were [vb pp] for [art] " 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 | The baths were closed for a fortnight at least , for a complete disinfection , a change of water , much stronger chlorification and new instructions for the cleansing of the feet of would-be bathers and a thorough check-up of the much higher chlorine addition . |
| 9 | So the question , where a wording which was not accepted by tradition was used , was always whether it was intended by the testator to give rise to a relationship at law ; and the words were examined for an intention to set up a trust . |
| 10 | When the words were spoken for the third time , however , the divorce was irrevocable . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The lizards were examined for a number of morphological characteristics such as body proportions and colour , weighed , and released into four adjoining enclosures , one for each group . |
| 13 | After 23h culture in FGF-4 ( 100ngml -1 ) , BrdU ( 20μM ) was added to the medium and the limbs were cultured for an additional hour . |
| 14 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 15 | The quintas were let for the season , either furnished or unfurnished . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But the fireworks were reserved for the last six holes , each of which he birdied . |
| 18 | The lights were dimmed for the next act , and a roll of drums announced two gorgeous showgirls , who were picked out by spotlights . |
| 19 | However , some quite large variations emerged when the figures were analysed for the different types of credit used ( see Appendix I , Table 18 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Because the bodies were designed for a narrower gauge , two and one seating was provided on the upper deck of Nos. 1–16 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Next day it rained very hard and the leggings were worn for the first time . |
| 25 | When it is applied to video materials for language teaching , it mostly seems to mean that the materials were made for an audience of native speakers . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The fundamental point to make is that the standards were developed for the private sector , without local government in mind . |
| 28 | The baguettes were aged for a week to ensure they stood to attention . |
| 29 | So the nurses were prepared for the worst , also . |
| 30 | The Bolsheviks were blamed for the ‘ July uprising ’ , and Lenin was publicly denounced as a German agent . |