Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] for [art] [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 | The research was carried out for a doctoral dissertation on the princely sum of £410 per annum ( this was the ‘ married woman 's ’ rate of postgraduate grant at the time , £120 lower than the full grant ) . |
| 5 | For most work completed prior to 1989 construction was carried out for the Regional Council by teams employed under the Special Measures Programme of the City of Edinburgh District Council with financial support from the former Manpower Services Commission . |
| 6 | A dynamic study of the posterior lung fields was carried out for the first 15 minutes after injecting the radiolabelled leucocytes . |
| 7 | It was the Saint Mary 's window though , which was considered best for the first class stamp . |
| 8 | Medical treatment was considered only for the remaining three patients . |
| 9 | Somatostatin infusion ( Somatostatine UCB 250 µg/h ) was given to reduced pancreatic secretion and elective surgical intervention was decided on for the seventh day . |
| 10 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 11 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
| 12 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 13 | One of these latter patients ( no 13 ) was operated on for an obstructive small bowel relapse and in this patient , as in the two others , gastroscopy and chest computed tomography showed both lung and gastric recurrences . |
| 14 | The first review was written mainly for the many within and outside the congregation who had participated and therefore knew the scheme of things . |
| 15 | Boomer was selected again for the 1929 match , which took place at Moortown , Leeds , and was made vice-captain under George Duncan . |
| 16 | Three years ago , it would have easily surpassed its $50–80,000 estimate but there was not a bid in the room , and it was sold afterward for a paltry $25,000 ( £17,850 ) . |
| 17 | By such a mechanism , in which family ties played an important part , a relatively rapid ascent was opened up for the younger sons of the prosperous Catalan farmers who must leave the farm to the chosen heir ( the hereu ) ; within a generation a man could make a modest fortune , exposed to the risk of loss as well as the hope of gain . |
| 18 | The chancellor who had long been an admirer of the queen , was affected not for the first time by her beauty and appeal — attributes which , it seemed to him , were in no way impaired by adversity . |
| 19 | One pauper was locked up for a short time and when let out he was very quiet and all of them have been so since . ’ |
| 20 | It was exchanged later for a black Old English sheepdog owned by some relatives of ours at Piercebridge . |
| 21 | The reason is believed to be a property that was known previously for a two-dimensional system : if small regions are rendered nonconducting then , providing there is a path connecting conducting parts , the Hall resistance is scarcely affected . |
| 22 | The one-year , part-time Certificate was set up for the first time in 1983. it was , and still is , aimed at developing professional competence in language teachers in adult education mainly on a pre-service and , in a more limited way , in-service basis . |
| 23 | It was set up for the administrative convenience of the London banks and the defendant and has been used principally in connection with the buying and selling of stocks and shares on the London market . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Interim Flight Authority arrived on August 11 , 1992 and the 17th was set aside for the great day . |
| 26 | Djohar , 72 , who was sworn in for a six-year term on March 20 , was a former President of the Supreme Court and had served as interim President since the assassination of President Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman in November 1989 [ see p. 37033 ] . |
| 27 | Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister on June 29 at the head of a CPI(M)-led government . |
| 28 | Congress ( I ) retained control of the State Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh in elections held in February 1990 , and Agong Apang was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in March [ see pp. 37245 ] . |
| 29 | The CPI(M) was returned to power in State Assembly elections held in May 1991 ; Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in June [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 30 | President Hafez al-Assad was sworn in for a fourth term in office on March 12 . |