Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for the delay were explained by the Minister for Science and Technology : |
| 2 | Although the bid was cleared by both the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and by the European Commission , GEC and Siemens were delayed by the need for detailed negotiating with the Ministry of Defence on various aspects . |
| 3 | Now they were gathered in the chapel for her final journey home . |
| 4 | Most of the children were treated by the roadside for cuts and bruises some of them were in shock . |
| 5 | The members of Gothic Voices ( on this occasion five , of whom two were singing with the group for the first time ) sing these melodies — often complex and wide-ranging — as if they really love them ; sensitive to the ebb and flow of the text , they nurture unexpected melodic twists , always allowing the structure to unfold and mould . |
| 6 | Between January 1980 and June 1988 one hundred children ( 66 boys , 34 girls ) at Tanner stage 1 ( n=76 ) or Tanner stage 2 ( n=24 ) of pubertal development were diagnosed at the Hospital for Sick Children to have Crohn 's disease . |
| 7 | Support for the accusation comes from two cases where associates of the duke were dismissed by the council for failing to render account , but then remained in post . |
| 8 | Support for the accusation comes from two cases where associates of the duke were dismissed by the council for failing to render account , but then remained in post . |
| 9 | To this end 224 soldiers were dismissed from the Army for their role in the failed Mindanao revolt in October 1990 [ see p. 37781 ] , whilst on Dec. 19 a total of 81 officers and men received prison terms of up to 32 years for participating in an August 1987 coup attempt in which over 50 people were killed [ see pp. 35709-11 ] . |
| 10 | Although they were later acquitted of illegally importing arms and ammunition for use in the North , they were dismissed from the cabinet for their part in the affair . |
| 11 | While thousands of miles away her countrymen were revelling in the celebrations for Australia 's 200th anniversary , she enjoyed the historic sights of a country with a slightly richer heritage . |
| 12 | Dominica 's foreign affairs were dominated by the plans for political union agreed in principle by the seven countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) . |
| 13 | Once I did this without looking where I was going and went straight into the backs of nine armourers who were ambling towards the Mess for supper , and had to be disentangled from my machine , picked up and dusted off , which they did with all the gleeful enthusiasm which Thursby reserved for drawing his heavy black frontal lines on our neatly drawn charts . |
| 14 | Each morning after the bathroom run , the three of us were let off the chains for an hour or so to exercise . |
| 15 | They all felt restless and unsettled , and met other young men who were walking round the town for the same reason . |
| 16 | In elections to the National Assembly on Nov. 25 , 1987 , 40 of the 51 seats were won by the Front for Democracy and Development ( FDD ) , a coalition comprising the East Indian Progressive Reform Party ( Vooruitstrevende Hervormings Partij — VHP ) , the Creole Surinam National Party ( Nationale Partij Suriname — NPS ) and the Party for National Unity and Solidarity ( Kerukanan Tulodo Pranatan Ingil — KTPI ) . |
| 17 | Each case was also evaluated and graded for 23 individual histological features ( Table IV ) , mostly those considered useful in the differential diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease , but including others that were added in the search for histological features that might distinguish RP from controls . |
| 18 | The resources of many pharmaceutical firms were applied to the search for new moulds and other micro-organisms . |
| 19 | Puffins were seen on the island for the first time in years . |
| 20 | The pair were meeting in the final for the fifth time in six years with honours even up to yesterday . |
| 21 | Two well-dressed women were looking at the greenhouses for sale at a garden centre recently . |
| 22 | If one were looking for the reasons for the present situation , does my right hon. Friend agree that it has been the departure of the building societies and other lenders from the traditional concept of not lending more than 75 per cent . |
| 23 | For the third term , the key policy areas , which would tackle the ‘ really big job ’ of the ‘ inner cities ’ , were named as the policies for local government , education , and housing . |
| 24 | The data from the Memolog recorder were transferred to the computer for analysis . |
| 25 | Tithe barns were built by the Church for the exploitation of peasant labour , the peasants being obliged to submit to the Church one tenth of all they produced . |
| 26 | Internationally , the data protection principles were adopted as the basis for the 1980 OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data . |
| 27 | Beginning in early 1988 a second phase was begun , and remotely-sensed data were selected as the source for databases on global forest resources and land degradation ( Aronoff , 1989 ; Mooneyhan , 1987 ) . |
| 28 | The operation of the twenty-two disciplinary offences was suspended and concessions were made on the fees for signing on and off . |
| 29 | Protests were made to the Minister for Social Welfare regarding Dental , Optical and Aural cutbacks . |
| 30 | No special arrangements were made in the law for people ‘ cohabiting ’ , but the Assistance Board and their successors were expected to use their discretionary powers to ensure that such people were treated just the same as married couples . |