Example sentences of "were [vb pp] from the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ] . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Last year over half a million sheep were exported from the UK for death in foreign abbatoirs and the numbers are set to increase . |
| 4 | Meanwhile Cripps and two other Labour MPs , Aneurin Bevan and G. R. Strauss , were expelled from the party for advocating the policy of a ‘ popular front ’ in alliance with Liberals and Communists , and ( in Cripps 's case ) for circulating a memorandum proposing this to all affiliated organisations . |
| 5 | More significantly , it counterpoised the acquisition of land by the church — ‘ whereby the services which are due from such fees [ i.e. freehold ] and which were provided from the beginning for the defence of the realm are unjustifiably withdrawn and chief lords in respect of them lose their escheats ’ — with the good of the realm , for which the present ban is imposed . |
| 6 | During endoscopy , performed in the morning after an overnight fast , five biopsies were taken from the antrum for the detection of H pylori : one for a quick urease test ( CLO-test ) , two for culture with standard methods , and two for histology . |
| 7 | Since the first disappointments at Verdun , the All-Highest had withdrawn still further into his fairy-tale world , a world whose contact with reality relied principally upon those improbable ‘ trench anecdotes ’ that were imported from the front for his insatiable consumption ; or often simply invented . |
| 8 | Virgin were banned from the hotel for life . |