Example sentences of "[adj] were for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this , Pound 's relations with England and the English were for the most part an aspect of his relations with that one of his erstwhile protégés who had become , surprisingly , a pillar of the English establishment — Eliot , editor of the Criterion . |
| 2 | ‘ Some were for the better but a lot were for worse . |
| 3 | On either side of the gangway doors were small doors on the floor level ; these were for the double purpose of allowing a hosepipe to be brought through from the line for washing out purposes , and also to allow free escape of water . |
| 4 | Although he extols the yellow of spring , the green of summer , and ‘ the changling dresses of autumnal tints ’ ; these were for the sightseers not the painter . |
| 5 | It later transpired that all but one of these were for the Bulgarian A team . |
| 6 | First , legislation allowed paid release only for certain stipulated categories ; these were for the most part workplace stewards and health and safety representatives . |
| 7 | These were for the demobilization of all irregular " armed formations " throughout Yugoslav territory ( by midnight on July 18 ) , for the return of Slovenia 's borders to the situation prior to June 25 ( by midnight on July 16 ) , the release of all troops and the return to the JNA and the police of goods and equipment seized in Slovenia ( by midnight on July 15 ) and the lifting of blockades ( by midnight on July 13 ) . |
| 8 | By 1905 , for example , of the 268 beds at the North Wing , only 99 were for the able-bodied . |
| 9 | The extent of the hidden need met by the Act was demonstrated by the fact that 93.6 per cent of pensions granted in 1912–13 were for the full amount of 5s 0d . |
| 10 | The ethnic differences that emerged elsewhere in the USSR in the late 1980s were for the most part more traditional , almost ‘ tribal ’ in character , in that they sprang from antipathies between ethnic groups with different religious , linguistic and historical backgrounds and expressed themselves in the form of communal clashes rather than pressures for formal independence . |
| 11 | Most were for the GPO , later Crown Film Unit , and distributed by the Central Office of Information to cinemas and overseas . |