Example sentences of "the [noun pl] was [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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1 | The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day . |
2 | The income arising to the trustees was applied for the benefit of the respondent 's son who was infant and unmarried . |
3 | Complete mobilization of the forces was scheduled for the same day — one of those strokes of government that real people marvel at . |
4 | One of the albums was compiled for the Wittgenstein family , documenting almost a decade of nomadic princely travel from house to house . |
5 | During the 1860s the energy of the radicals was absorbed for the most part in rebellion against the values and conventions of the educated world from which they sprang . |