Example sentences of "was [adv] [noun] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus there was obviously scope for the propagation of nonparty unorthodoxies at the grass-roots level . |
| 2 | There was only room for the monkey . |
| 3 | Ltd. v. Hawkins ( 1859 ) 4 H. & N. 87 was authority for the proposition that it was an ordinary incident of all corporations ( including municipal corporations ) that they might sue for libel ; that case was only authority for the proposition that a trading company might sue for libel by which its property was injured ; ( 3 ) in holding that the Manchester Corporation case was decided per incuriam when there was no basis for so holding and he should have followed it ; ( 4 ) in holding that in bringing an action for libel not alleged to have caused actual damage , no valid distinction could be made between trading corporations and municipal corporations , which ignored the true basis on which a trading corporation was permitted to sue for libel , namely that it had a trading character , the defamation of which might ruin it : South Hetton Coal Co . Ltd. v. North-Eastern News Association Ltd. [ 1894 ] 1 Q.B. 133 , 145 . |
| 4 | I tried to tell myself that the road was only practice for the desert . |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't even mean anything like that ; that was just background for the film . |
| 6 | There was also assistance for the low-paid , including farmers and fishermen , and development of the west coast region in the form of industries and roads , to create 515,000 new jobs . |
| 7 | The strange aeons were over , and it was nearly time for the Sandrat to kill Death . |
| 8 | Two weeks ago I wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury suggesting that it was now time for the Church Militant to denounce antibiotics in the same uncompromising terms once used against usury , but I suspect my advice ( admittedly unsolicited ) will go the same way as the seed of Onan . |
| 9 | It was now time for the surprise witness , and the one who , without a doubt , had the most affect on the outcome . |
| 10 | It was now time for the Collector to play his last card . |
| 11 | It was now time for the fillet of local fallow deer served pink , with spiced red cabbage and glazed walnuts . |
| 12 | It was almost time for the afternoon session at the Riverside . |
| 13 | Glancing at his watch , Major Tzann noted that it was almost time for the briefing . |