Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those Communist regimes which tried to ban religion were known for their cruelty . |
| 2 | Mr Major 's strongest words were reserved for what he believes is the threat to the constitution of the United Kingdom — which he described as the ‘ sleeping issue ’ of the election . |
| 3 | Her last words were to ask for her Swan costume to be put ready . |
| 4 | Additionally , as needs changed , new words were coined for new situations and were ‘ Latinised ’ to fit more easily into the documents being called for . |
| 5 | So the question , where a wording which was not accepted by tradition was used , was always whether it was intended by the testator to give rise to a relationship at law ; and the words were examined for an intention to set up a trust . |
| 6 | You made sure those words were learnt for the next day . |
| 7 | With the 70,498 word lexicon alternative ( incorrect ) words were suggested for 89 of these cases . |
| 8 | Ruth knew , as his eyes met hers , that the words were meant for her . |
| 9 | When we introduced lexical stress we found that all content words but only a small proportion of function words were marked for lexical stress , and that the number of word paths was reduced primarily because these function words no longer matched parts of content words . |
| 10 | When the words were spoken for the third time , however , the divorce was irrevocable . |
| 11 | Written guidelines were wanted for all tasks so that there are no recriminations when things go wrong . |
| 12 | Those guidelines were produced for the police national computer mark I. It is now almost five years since they were published . |
| 13 | Altogether 471 tonsillectomies were performed for glue ear , all but nine of which were performed with other operations such as adenoidectomy . |
| 14 | Both carriageways were closed for eight hours causing huge tailbacks . |
| 15 | Single PCR products for the AD1 internal , 5' flanking , and 3' flanking primer combinations were observed for U251 , U87 , MG 63 and SK-N-SH cells ( Fig. 4a-d ) . |
| 16 | from Northern Ireland there 's big Billy Hamilton … he 's an old Oxford favourite … the fans were calling for him on saturday … he 's done well with Distillery … |
| 17 | from Northern Ireland there 's big Billy Hamilton … he 's an old Oxford favourite … the fans were calling for him on saturday … he 's done well with Distillery … |
| 18 | Ari Vatanen has come second and Colin McRae sixth … a good performance … but the British fans were hoping for more as Tim Russon now reports |
| 19 | When the fans were screaming for him to play Clive Allen , Reid kept him on the bench . |
| 20 | ELEVEN soccer fans were arrested for a variety of public order offences following Saturday 's Third Division soccer match between Hartlepool United and Stoke City . |
| 21 | The observation was pursued and many compounds were examined for activity against viruses in culture , and in infected animals . |
| 22 | It took a five-year tussle with the Luftfahrt Bundesamt , the German body which sets aeronautical regulations , before the cylinders were approved for use in hot-air balloons . |
| 23 | It then dawned on them that maybe sea legs were required for the following morning . |
| 24 | The grounds of Midway Manor were transformed for the evening , with a candlelit drive leading guests up to the manor house where hot air balloons offered rides above the parkland . |
| 25 | Twenty six patients with ulcerative colitis had disease confined to the left colon and seven restorative proctocolectomies were performed for proctitis alone because of severe urgency . |
| 26 | In consultation with the Project Coordinating Team , six schools were selected for study in some depth , two from each of the first three years of the project . |
| 27 | Four Minor Project schools were selected for closer investigation by the evaluation team and visited over a period of one or two days . |
| 28 | The Cleveland schools were selected for honours after they were visited by assessors . |
| 29 | The schools were blamed for this and new courses — such as TVEI ( Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative ) and CPVE ( Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education ) — were introduced into schools themselves as well as into the gap between school and work . |
| 30 | He remembers when schools were schools were closed for fear of catastrophic bombing raids in wartime Edinburgh and classes were spread among private houses . |