Example sentences of "was [vb pp] for [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically , most Windows spreadsheets perform better doing what Windows was designed for in the first place — graphical presentation . |
| 2 | The lack of a lock on the one and only toilet was compensated for by the frosted glass panels in the door . |
| 3 | H pylori was stained for by the modified Giemsa method . |
| 4 | Then one day he was sent for by the refining director and given twenty-four hours to make up his mind about a posting to the United States . |
| 5 | After his return he was sent for by the Mamluk sultan who wished to learn from him the state of affairs in Rum ; and he entered Cairo on either 4 Safar 823/19 February 1420 ( Ibn Hajar and al-Sayrafi ) or Tuesday 4 Rabi'I 823/Tuesday 19 March 1420 ( al-Makrizi . |
| 6 | At the same time there was an increase in the proportion of the populations of most union republics that was accounted for by the titular nationality , an increase that was again most marked in Central Asia with its higher birthrates . |
| 7 | Nearly 90 per cent of the overall increase in the labour force of 3.1 million between 1971 and 1990 was accounted for by the increased participation of women . |
| 8 | The thing was paid for by the International Fund for Animal Welfare : animal welfare is obviously a good cash-flow business . |
| 9 | The rent on this new place , like the rent on all the places he 'd lived in since he arrived in the city , was paid for by the Social Security . |