Example sentences of "were [verb] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At least in one case prayers were said for the brave men fighting on both sides . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 6 | Pilots who were selected for the early courses were from very varied backgrounds . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | No significant intervention effects were found for the other scales . |
| 10 | Six sites were shortlisted for the new buildings . |
| 11 | Our stronger feelings were reserved for the unscrupulous organisers of this sordid trade in human cargoes who were profiting from the Asians ' misery . |
| 12 | However , some quite large variations emerged when the figures were analysed for the different types of credit used ( see Appendix I , Table 18 ) . |