Example sentences of "were [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In slot-blot experiments with total DNA , the ratios ( signal obtained with mitochondrial probe/signal obtained with nuclear probe ) were calculated for the two strains and compared . |
| 2 | Delay times were rearranged for the consonant groups in the list for each trial so that particular consonant groups were not always associated with the same delay time . |
| 3 | Canary yellow , no. 108 , ochre , No. 184 and brown ochre , No. 182 were applied for the golden glazes on the coffee pot , cup and saucer , with an ultimate highlight of white . |
| 4 | At least in one case prayers were said for the brave men fighting on both sides . |
| 5 | But , more than that , his predilection for Neath players deprived the club of their own best talent so that when they would otherwise have been training for the league , instead they were training for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 6 | Perhaps those who came in repentance and were prepared for the running waters of Jordan to flow over their heads in judgment were thought of as undergoing the judgment of God in symbol so that they would not have to undergo it in its awful reality on the Day of Judgment . |
| 7 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 8 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 9 | those seeking work were looking for the same kinds of jobs as those that had found it ; |
| 10 | These were averaged for the six subjects and the SEM was calculated . |
| 11 | Two Kirkwall solicitors were acting for the four families . |
| 12 | Pilots who were selected for the early courses were from very varied backgrounds . |
| 13 | Adjustments were made for the continuous variables triceps skinfold ( measured as recommended by Tanner and Whitehouse , expressed as standard deviation scores calculated by the method of Cole ) and reported maternal height . |
| 14 | Carpets with borders were custom made for the large public areas and standard ranges were used for the 72 bedrooms . |
| 15 | 12 Grace Leybourne buttressed such arguments in Education and the Birth Rate by demonstrating that the middle classes and the intelligent were paying for the high costs of education by family limitation at the dysgenic expense of the national interest . |
| 16 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 17 | Whereas 106.7 boys were born for every 100 girls in 1985 , by 1990 the figure for boys had risen to 110.3 . |
| 18 | No significant intervention effects were found for the other scales . |
| 19 | In other words , we were set for a few laughs . |
| 20 | Jayne Mansfield 's were insured for a million dollars . |
| 21 | Six sites were shortlisted for the new buildings . |
| 22 | Our stronger feelings were reserved for the unscrupulous organisers of this sordid trade in human cargoes who were profiting from the Asians ' misery . |
| 23 | Indeed , the first moves in this direction occurred in 1986 of course , when as Noble Lords will recall the Metropolitan counties or at least their county councils were abolished and police authorities were created for the same areas as freestanding corporate bodies . |
| 24 | At least three months post treatment endoscopy was performed and biopsies were obtained for the same procedures as above . |
| 25 | However , some quite large variations emerged when the figures were analysed for the different types of credit used ( see Appendix I , Table 18 ) . |
| 26 | As they gathered outside the wire waiting for their guard to open the gate into the camp , they were suspended for a few moments in a sort of limbo . |
| 27 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |