Example sentences of "[noun sg] was for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in Banbury and in Newport local Unionists were assured that the deal was for one election only . |
| 2 | Dixie says the deal was for three . |
| 3 | The minimum investment was for 100 shares at a price of £1 per share , but , as the initial payment was only 50p per share , members of the public could become shareholders of British Gas for a down-payment as low as £50 . |
| 4 | The force 's mandate was for six month , and could be extended for a further year at most . |
| 5 | The term was for 26 years paying a one-twelfth to the Lord , save for the first six months when no claim would be made . |
| 6 | ‘ Our original proposal was for 840 acres but we 're now going to file an amended proposal for 750 acres , ’ he said . |
| 7 | The new projection was for 1.8 per cent ( rather than 2.2 per cent ) real growth in 1992 , and 3.1 per cent in 1993 . |
| 8 | The initial plan was for one 24-hour stoppage , but if management did not respond this could turn into a rolling programme of one-day strikes . |
| 9 | In January 1940 the requirement was for eleven cars , but this sometimes rose to fifteen , and a special siding was constructed at Rossall . |
| 10 | His personal failure was for two reasons : firstly , that the metamorphosis from the Left-wing backbencher with a CND badge and a baggage of similar lost causes could be seen a mile off . |
| 11 | In Further Education , the PSD module 81188 Induction attracted twice as many candidates as in 1988/89 , becoming fifth most popular ; another large increase in enrolment was for 81095 Introduction to Computer Application Packages . |
| 12 | Each dose was for 30 minutes . |
| 13 | The appointment was for 11 a.m. , and he was there ten minutes early . |
| 14 | The appointment was for six months . |
| 15 | This lot was for 59 coaches to what became 53 , the numbers allocated being 1599–1648 inclusive . |
| 16 | Exposure to x-ray film was for 66 hours . |
| 17 | Such activity was for one thing ‘ part of the English temper ’ . |
| 18 | That order was for three months ' duration . |
| 19 | The Georgian order was for 10,000 hunting rifles , 500 pistols and 500 Kalashnikov automatic rifles . |
| 20 | The commitment in every case was for two academic years . |
| 21 | When the original phase of the development of the airfield as an industrial park was revealed , the provision was for 150 acres , building was not to extend near to the valuable runway , but it was considered to be a deterrent to property sales , so the runway would be removed . |
| 22 | That contract was for ten albums , which , at Oldfield 's work rate , could amount to fifteen to twenty years ' work . |
| 23 | The first contract was for 15 guineas-worth of nails to fasten the iron chairs to the sleepers . |
| 24 | Only one contained a cheque , that from Regis , the bookseller in Maidenhead , and the cheque was for one tenth of the sum she had confidently expected . |
| 25 | Incubation was for 10 minutes at 30°C . |
| 26 | Because , technically , his jail sentence was for one year , Nkrumah could register as a voter and then stand for election . |
| 27 | The Agreement was for five years and matters of detail were to be settled between the respective managers . |
| 28 | The Junior Citizens Project held at Harwell 's Ridgeway House was for 10 to 11 year-old children from Wantage and Didcot junior schools to take part in initiative tests on safety . |
| 29 | I know when we 've er sold the house , when our children all went and left us , the house was for three bedrooms , right , and I , I said to my husband I do n't want to stay here because they built the school outside behind our er , erm back yard , and every , all the rubbish that kids throw threw over and I said to him I do n't want to stay now kids , kids gone , children gone leave , left home , got married and went to off , I said I do n't want to live here , I do n't want to retire to , to stay at home and listen to the kids at school all day long and have the rubbish thrown over the hedge |
| 30 | In the final cycle the extension step was for 5 mins . |