Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for Sparta , perhaps her first vote was merely a warning shot , and her second was for peace ; she was publicizing her own resolve to abide scrupulously by the terms of the Thirty Years Peace : Samos was ‘ possessed ’ by Athens in 446 and so she had a right to keep it . |
| 2 | On the question of unresolved property claims ( numbering 1,200,000 , of which 10,000 were for businesses ) the Cabinet agreed on March 12 that until the end of 1992 investors who created or sustained jobs should be given priority over previous owners [ for agreement on property rights and ownership regulations in unification treaty see pp. 37536 ; 37661 ] . |
| 3 | I do n't think anyone realised how strange it all was for me . |
| 4 | I wondered what that was for . |
| 5 | Someone pointed to the fourth glass — Chinese cola — and asked what that was for . |
| 6 | Most projects do n't run to that kind of budget — not for the big chimps , anyway , which is what these were for . |