Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appointment of Stewart as vice-captain , opening batsman and wicketkeeper collapsed when Gooch missed the second Test , with Blakey consequently keeping wicket in two Tests when he was intended only for the one-day internationals . |
| 2 | PLANNING clearance was given yesterday for the shore-based part of a £1.5 billion gas project which will create spin-off contracts for firms in the offshore supply business , writes Frank Frazer . |
| 3 | It was developed specifically for the larger urban workshops and consists of an adjustable loom with a device which , by altering the tension on the warp strands , shifts the completed work to the rear of the loom , allowing the weaver to sit at the same level throughout the entire rug-making process . |
| 4 | It was the Saint Mary 's window though , which was considered best for the first class stamp . |
| 5 | Medical treatment was considered only for the remaining three patients . |
| 6 | The first review was written mainly for the many within and outside the congregation who had participated and therefore knew the scheme of things . |
| 7 | Boomer was selected again for the 1929 match , which took place at Moortown , Leeds , and was made vice-captain under George Duncan . |
| 8 | The war was going well for the galactic empire . |
| 9 | The ball was flying straight for the middle bunker . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend 's second criticism of the way in which the scheme has worked is that the £24 million budget which was set aside for the two financial years — and I emphasise two years — 1989-91 was underspent . |
| 11 | Interim Flight Authority arrived on August 11 , 1992 and the 17th was set aside for the great day . |
| 12 | It was while Cecilia was running upstairs for the third time to tell Tina she must get up , she really must or she would be late for school , that she heard the Cambridge School bell utter a single toll . |
| 13 | A dilemma was posed both for the new Queen and for the Archbishop . |
| 14 | The car was stored there for the Light Railway Transport League , by courtesy of their President , Walter Luff , the Blackpool Manager . |
| 15 | I was taken there for the first time when I was six weeks old in a motor side car down from London to just within ten miles of Bury St Edmunds . |
| 16 | Also in that cast was a young John Robertson Hare [ q.v. ] , and the team of Walls , Hare , and Lynn was thus created , one which was to stay together for the next eleven years . |
| 17 | Soon after this , his name was put forward for the Jamaican Senate and he became a member , but although he attended regularly it was not something he took to . |
| 18 | ‘ Miss Duncan 's name was put forward for the possible lead in Arnie Costow 's new production of All the Fond Dreams , ’ the secretary explained . |
| 19 | Here again I respectfully agree with the observations made by Lord Donaldson M.R. , at pp. 324–325 , and by Neill L.J. , at pp. 326–327 , when rejecting the proprietary argument , which had not been advanced before Wright J. but which had rightly to be considered when it was put forward for the first time in the Court of Appeal . |
| 20 | Stuart Barnes , the match captain , said : ‘ This team was playing together for the first time . |
| 21 | Details may vary and certain climatic zones may produce more individual features than others , as was suggested above for the glacial and arid climatic zones , but it seems to be doubtful whether fluvially controlled landscapes formed in different climates are as distinctive as is sometimes maintained ( Stoddart , 1969 ) . |
| 22 | The government 's position on the structure of higher education was articulated publicly for the first time by Crosland in his famous speech at Woolwich Polytechnic in 1965 , in which he declared the government 's acceptance of the need for a ‘ system based on the twin traditions which have created our present higher institutions ’ . |
| 23 | The festival was held outdoors for the first eighty years , but moved indoors after torrential rain caused the collapse of the stage as the congregation were singing The Heavens are Telling ! |