Example sentences of "this [noun sg] was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This feeding was continued for a period after their release on the tenth day , in case they were unable to hunt . |
| 2 | He told the jury : ‘ This courtroom was used for the trial of Moors murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady . |
| 3 | This term was reserved for the rural dialects , which had been legitimized by nineteenth-century investigations , and which were believed to be ‘ genuine ’ in a way that urban dialects are not . |
| 4 | This criterion was introduced for the benefit of an authority like Kirklees which runs the large institution of Huddersfield Polytechnic but which has a limited population and therefore a relatively small rate basis . |
| 5 | In fact this exercise was undertaken for the whole school , and led to a number of improvements to the programme in all year groups . |
| 6 | However , here he was at pains to point out that ‘ although this work was intended for an appendix to the Gardeners Dictionary , yet it may be reckoned a complete performance in itself independent to that ’ . |
| 7 | This alleyway was shut for a few months and we Hello . |
| 8 | Situated at the head of the Cuckmere valley , on an impressive site in the heart of the Weald and protected by the great bend of the Cuckmere River , this site was chosen for an Augustinian priory in the 13th century and became part of the religious life of the time . |
| 9 | Jaq imagined arcane astromantic calculations and perversions of Tarot divination — conducted by Carnelian , the Tarot-sneak ? — before this planet was chosen for the first emergence of the entity . |
| 10 | This sample was provided for the project by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and was in turn drawn from a larger sample of 500 households which the Executive had used for their own survey of housing patterns in the city ( cf. |
| 11 | This service was provided for a small proportion of the clients ( one in Ipswich and seven in Newham ) . |
| 12 | This arrangement was used for the BBC ( the corporation ) in 1927 when it was set up under Royal Charter , and for the commercial broadcasting sector from 1954 onwards . |
| 13 | This debate was tabled for a Monday night when , for the replies , Labour Front-Bench Members greatly outnumber those on the Back Benches , which is not surprising as it is a one-line Whip night . |
| 14 | The final act of this Keele was to ballot for the sessions for Keele 1994 . |
| 15 | But this Society was created for a very specific purpose , and on occasion has been obliged to act with extreme severity in the pursuit of that purpose . |
| 16 | This system was written for the purpose of understanding travel-expense reports . |
| 17 | The annual incidence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease in this region was estimated for the years 1962 to 1978 and the prevalences on 31 December 1978 were calculated . |
| 18 | There 's about three and a quarter million of those , as and when this slide was made for the self-employed . |