Example sentences of "were [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiffs claim damages from a number of defendants , including the third defendant , under the following heads : ( 1 ) general damages for conspiracy ; ( 2 ) exemplary damages on the basis that the acts complained of were calculated to make a profit for the conspirators or their companies and constituted a cynical disregard for the plaintiffs ' rights ; and ( 3 ) damages for deceit as an alternative to damages for conspiracy . |
| 2 | The tribunals were intended to provide a way for rural residents to settle disputes without legal formalities . |
| 3 | I had made the mistake of volunteering to sleep on the couch in the living room on the nights that Janice stayed at our flat ; this offer was made with what I thought was obvious sarcasm one evening while Gav and Norris were attempting to develop a technique for cooking poppadoms in the microwave . |
| 4 | WHEN Fattorini & Sons , of Birmingham , were commissioned to fashion a trophy for a new competition to be run by the Essex Football Association in 1882 they really went to town . |
| 5 | But when curiosity got the better of us we found ourselves almost immediately drawn to a highland community where , like a long-awaiting gift , we were invited to build a house for about a thousand pounds on a verdant piece of property . |
| 6 | The arrangement whereby builders in competition with each other were invited to quote a price for which they would carry out all the work indicated on drawings and a specification , and to sign a contract to that effect , was introduced as a standard procedure by Hunt into the Office of Works as a means of controlling expenditure . |
| 7 | In a previous issue of JFIT News we announced that we were beginning to draft a proposal for a new Compound Semiconductor Advanced Technology Programme , and we asked for your views and ideas as to the scope of the workplan and the size of the budget . |
| 8 | These were asked to complete a questionnaire for the assessment of personality together with an inventory of sexual practices and attitudes . |
| 9 | Smurfit Paribas carried out a privatisation study and made significant borrowings available ; Smurfit Printing secured the lucrative telephone directory printing contract ; Smurfit architect Brian O'Halloran secured the commission for the controversial corporate headquarters ; business associates Padraic Hasset and John Finnegan were asked to find a site for Telecom headquarters ; Finnegan gave advice on the purchase of the Ballsbridge site ( he also apparently gave advice on its sale to UPH ) and finally Dermot Desmond was commissioned to carry out another privatisation study . |
| 10 | And for , our children when they grow up cos I had three children nearly every one that had come into the town had little ones so you see we were trying to build a town for our children to benefit which I do n't know whether you think that it 's a town worth living in but I think that we have done very well and it 's a town that is caring for such as the elderly they really do care ! |
| 11 | This is what we , we were aiming for we were trying to make a town for the people . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought you were trying to find a cottage for Marcus , but Irina says you 're not . ’ |
| 13 | Both Democratic Russia and the Republican Party were planning to start a petition for a referendum on land privatization ( for formation of pro-government bloc see p. 39020 ) . |