Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] were for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all 79% ( 23949 of 30253 ) of general practitioner referrals were for one of the seven examinations covered in the guideline booklet ( chest , skull , spine , abdomen , barium investigation , excretion urography , and limbs and joints ) . |
| 2 | That was hard enough when most transfer prices were for tangible goods , points out Gary Hufbauer , of the Institute for International Economics , in a recent book * . |
| 3 | The winter records were for 26 December 1959 at Pett Level , 2 January 1965 at the Crumbles , 3 January 1971 at Eastbourne , and 16 February 1975 at Amberley Wildbrooks , found dead . |
| 4 | When the syllabus was referred to , it was the content objectives to which everyone referred ; the process objectives were for the most part ignored . |
| 5 | People sensed that the chilling emergency announcements on shop tannoys were for real . |
| 6 | Our survey shows that highbrow readers rated their papers no more useful for them than the lowbrow papers were for their readers ( Table 6.11 ) . |
| 7 | The perfectly kept living-rooms of Tollemarche homes were for visitors ; the basements , despite their fire hazards , were good enough for the children ; there they often slept and there , if the temperature went much below zero , they also played . |
| 8 | The Grammar schools were for the most able , bright academic pupils and were run along private school lines . |
| 9 | You know the egg cups , I thought the egg cups were for the conservatory here but they 're for the conservatory in Fulham . |
| 10 | The higher success rates were for providing column headings in a table , around 85 per cent for supplying " thousands ' and " hundreds " given " tens " and " units " . |
| 11 | Ruth guessed that the seating arrangements were for the benefit of whoever might be watching their departure , and that they would not prevail . |
| 12 | In order further to investigate this implied relationship between heroin use and social deprivation , we employed 1981 Census statistics to examine correlations between the rate of known opioid use and levels of social deprivation in each of Wirral 's 48 townships ( unemployment figures were for May 1985 , and included temporarily sick residents ) . |
| 13 | Sir , Such is his eagerness to correct me that Pierre dom Engels ( Letters , 18th/25th December ) mis-attributes Antonia Fraser 's own comment to her aunt , who , as I correctly said , was under the firm impression that Book Tokens were for young children only . |
| 14 | The only 10 year awards were for those who had worked for LASMO elsewhere — Rupert Kidd , LASMO Pakistan 's general manager , and Chris Riley , finance and administration manager . |
| 15 | And this had been the way things were for as far back as the frogs could remember . |
| 16 | Plain hospital beds with flock mattresses laid on interlaced wire springs were for the junior members of the staff . |