Example sentences of "which were [adv] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of a radical overhaul of US banking legislation was confirmed on Feb. 5 when the US Treasury announced proposals including the abolition of two laws dating from the 1930s which were widely blamed for the fragmented character of US banking . |
| 2 | Since the citadel 's walls had been razed in I 181 , ramparts of earth , stone and wood had to be erected from the fabric of a number of churches which were hastily demolished for the purpose . |
| 3 | Outside there appear to have been two aisled barns of second- and third-century date respectively , which were probably used for the safe storage of taxes collected in kind or goods in transit . |
| 4 | Colonialism had much the same impact on the traditional political systems with which it came into contact , especially those which were hierarchically organized for the purpose of a feudal mode of production . |
| 5 | As time passed , Elena too became the subject of such gestures of endorsement from the West which were duly recorded for the benefit of Romanians , lest they forget by just how an extraordinary couple they were ruled . |
| 6 | There are some pieces — the most notable is usually known as " On music and words " — which were apparently meant for the book and later rejected , but which fall within the scope of BT , and so have no bearing on the question . |