Example sentences of "of [noun sg] was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original connections for the panels had been removed from the edge girders in 1951 , and a system of support was introduced for the new panels . |
| 2 | The sanction of cold-shouldering was imposed for the first time in relation to Dundee Football Club ( see Panel Statement 1992/9 ) after hearings before the full Panel and the Appeal Committee . |
| 3 | A free system of administration was substituted for an official system . |
| 4 | An acute shortage of cotton had already reduced the civil hospitals to using bandages made of paper , and it was hardly surprising that there was also a human shortage in the country , so that soon after the Somme conscription of labour was decreed for the ages of seventeen to sixty . |
| 5 | A problem of continuity of workload was posed for the lawyers ( Carlin 1962 ; Galanter 1974 ) . |
| 6 | The allocation of ore was settled for the next two years in America 's favour , but the compensating exchange of information was far less liberal than the British negotiators had hoped . |
| 7 | This type of machine was used for the digital sound recordings made by the Nippon Columbia company in 1972 , instead of for video . |
| 8 | They were not , and this line of investigation was abandoned for the current phase of the project . |
| 9 | In the experiments performed on days 6–9 after injecting the larvae , the part of the jejunum with the most severe signs of inflammation was selected for the experiment . |
| 10 | ( An irony of the conference was that not one shred of evidence was produced for the central assertion that three years ' full time training in research was essential . ) |
| 11 | More accurate perception of orientation was found for the left than for the right hand , at least among right handers ( Benton , Levin and Varney , 1973 ; Varney and Benton , 1975 ; Benton , Varney and Hamsher , 1978 ) . |
| 12 | By convention , the post of Speaker was reserved for a Shia Moslem . |
| 13 | A shortfall of over 300,000 tonnes of rice was projected for the 1990/91 harvest , a result in part of drought and flooding , but also because of the displacement of farmers by guerrilla activity . |
| 14 | In four patients a history of haematuria was elicited for the first time and was investigated . |
| 15 | A second round of voting was required for the Montenegro presidency , as a run-off between the incumbent , Momir Bulatovic ( 42.2 per cent on first round ) , and former federal Vice-President Branko Kostic ( 23 per cent ) . |
| 16 | On Dec. 29 , the Federal Assembly approved the 1992 budget , in which 76.6 per cent of expenditure was destined for the JNA . |
| 17 | The Gowers had backed Warwick in 1470/1 and were still in opposition in June 1471 , when a commission of arrest was issued for the head of the family , Thomas , and his uncles Robert and George . |
| 18 | The Gowers had backed Warwick in 1470/1 and were still in opposition in June 1471 , when a commission of arrest was issued for the head of the family , Thomas , and his uncles Robert and George . |
| 19 | However , most of the production capacity was still in place during the 1990/91 period covered by the survey and in any case the majority of production was destined for the home market . |
| 20 | Our cargo of cement was destined for a factory at Tima , a town which lay a few miles back from the riverbank . |