Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [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 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 .
6 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 .
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 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 ] .
9 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 .
10 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 ) .
11 Each morning after the bathroom run , the three of us were let off the chains for an hour or so to exercise .
12 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 ) .
13 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 .
14 The resources of many pharmaceutical firms were applied to the search for new moulds and other micro-organisms .
15 Puffins were seen on the island for the first time in years .
16 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 .
17 The data from the Memolog recorder were transferred to the computer for analysis .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 ) .
21 The operation of the twenty-two disciplinary offences was suspended and concessions were made on the fees for signing on and off .
22 Protests were made to the Minister for Social Welfare regarding Dental , Optical and Aural cutbacks .
23 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 .
24 At the crown , small rollers were used at the roots for smaller curls and larger ones towards the ends for more body
25 Even this product of genius was flawed as it trailed away into melodrama but for a fleeting moment Hollywood was shown what could be achieved if its resources were used as the basis for a director 's cinema .
26 Similar , though somewhat less extreme difficulties would ensue if the normal range of penalties applied by Crown Courts were used as the basis for the guide-lines .
27 For instance , the predicates clear and ’ ’ were used in the conditions for the operations in the blocks world , but adding them did not extend the descriptive power of the language .
28 The promise of security and the expectation that wages would rise with promotion and seniority were offered as the reward for sacrificing the ability to move easily between employers .
29 These arms were commissioned at the time for a New Bond Street warehouse at a cost of 20 guineas .
30 Last year over half a million sheep were exported from the UK for death in foreign abbatoirs and the numbers are set to increase .
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