Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had also been studied in America , with the result that the cylindrical wheel was recommended for high speed work . |
| 2 | He was MP for Downton from 1831 to 1832 , but the borough was destined for abolition in the Reform Act of 1832 . |
| 3 | During routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy one biopsy was taken for hostological examination from the antral mucosa 2 cm from the pylorus and one from the first part of the duodenum on the opposite wall to the area of ulceration . |
| 4 | His purchase of Kidder Peabody soured when the New York investment bank 's top deal-maker was jailed for insider trading . |
| 5 | His remedy was to sue for breach of contract . |
| 6 | There is a school of thought that claims that the ghetto was cleared for commercial rather than health reasons . |
| 7 | A similar association was observed for FVC and FEV 1 in children with a low gestational age but it was less clear for FEF 7 5 — 8 5 and birth weight was unrelated to FEF 2 5 — 7 5 . |
| 8 | So a little lateral thinking was called for . |
| 9 | Alarm bells rang ; some quick thinking was called for . |
| 10 | State aid was accepted for the school , although the Church still retained some control . |
| 11 | Legal aid was provided for more than 337,000 people last year , including many who found themselves on the receiving end of a court action . |
| 12 | The best policy would be a middle approach whereby economic and military aid was provided for south Korea in the hope that this could give sufficient strength for the regime to survive . |
| 13 | Unless the base stock was kept for many years in the same conditions as those in which estimates were made , problems could have arisen . |
| 14 | After an event the memory card was transferred for analysis . |
| 15 | The deal was cleared for take-off by British and European regulators , despite protests from BA 's rivals . |
| 16 | Ferranti 's capacity to deliver had been in doubt because of its financial problems following the September 1989 revelation of a major alleged fraud scandal , but on Jan. 23 a deal was announced for the sale of Ferranti 's radar division Ferranti Defence Systems to GEC , which would merge it into GEC-Marconi . |
| 17 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 18 | A deadline for the deal was set for today . |
| 19 | This experiment was repeated for different pellets from the same sample when fresh ( wet ) and when dry . |
| 20 | This brought in new people such as Robert Hunter as head of the Department of Energy Office of Basic Research , and one of his first acts was to reorder some of the research funds.l This caused some research activities to be trimmed at Oak Ridge , Los Alamos and Princeton , where the dt experiment was postponed for at least another three years . |
| 21 | In the centre of the plan of the eastern half of the building , the original grain-storage silo structure of the warehouse was retained for use as a lift , staircase and refuse chute ( Fig 58 ) . |
| 22 | Crowe and Anthea Warburton lay parallel , Anthea pale only by contrast with Lady Rose 's bright darkness , and with the sunburnt red earth colour of Crowe , who had the look of a man bronzed against nature by willpower and decisive planning , a man whose ruddiness was made for peeling crimson but who had constrained his skin to stay on — even the thin shiny tonsure — and go terra-cotta . |
| 23 | Growing sugar and preparing it for shipping to London was harder work than growing and curing tobacco , and a much larger labour force was needed for the process of harvesting the cane and crushing it which had to be done in a very short period of time . |
| 24 | It is on a much smaller scale than those held just after the Second World War when animals and livestock were included and a show ring was erected for the horse and pony events . |
| 25 | The priory was plundered of its stones for Southover Grange , built for William Newton in 1572 , and Southover Manor was constructed for the Earl of Dorset 's steward to live in suitable style . |
| 26 | 3 years ago , Waddesdon Manor was used for a summit between Mrs Thatcher and President Mitterand . |
| 27 | Elections were last held in August 1987 [ see p. 35490 ] , when the ruling coalition was returned for a further term of office . |
| 28 | Ostenecrosis was mentioned for the first time when the patient was seen by an orthopaedic surgeon with new radiographs ( see Figs 1 and 3 ) 30 months after the first bowel symptoms . |
| 29 | An article in Our Flag in November 1912 pointed out that the average turnover of votes in by-elections had been about 1,300 votes per contest and that only 250 votes per contest was needed for an overall Unionist majority . |
| 30 | Traffic out of Paris to the south-west was interrupted for about 90 minutes and trains in the southern Midi-Pyrenees region were at a standstill for seven hours . |