Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also included were proposals for the development of a common foreign and security policy and , ultimately , common defence . |
| 2 | Particularly opposed by the dissident RPR factions were proposals for the dilution of the traditional role of the party leader by establishing a confederation with other pro-Gaullist groups outside the RPR ( including dissidents ) , for the formation of a joint shadow cabinet with centrist and right-wing parties including the Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) , and the proposal by another Renovator , Michel Noir , a potential presidential candidate , for the actual merger of the RPR with other elements of the opposition into a single party . |
| 3 | There were plans for the younger children to join Watcyn Wyn 's private academy ( for ministerial candidates and others ) at Ammanford where the Welsh preacher-bard Gwili ( the Revd John Jenkins , later Principal of the Baptist Theological College at Banger and Archdruid of the Gorsedd of the Welsh National Eisteddfod ) was a tutor . |
| 4 | Where there were plans for the future now there is just an aching void . |
| 5 | Edwin Montagu was accused of anti-British motives for his Indian policy ; with Reading as Viceroy there were openings for the diehards " latent anti-semitism . |
| 6 | In addition were contracts for the plant , jetty , oil tank foundations and pipelines linked by 150 miles of asphalted roads . |
| 7 | There were calls for the resignation of coach Kevin Ashcroft as Salford went down to another heavy defeat , 36-12 at home to a Bradford side inspired by their Canberra Raider , Ivan Henjak . |
| 8 | At the local level , too , there were calls for the maximum amount of latitude in self-administration . |
| 9 | It had become clear over the ensuing years that the requirements concerning collective worship had increasingly been disregarded by schools , and there were calls for the introduction of a more flexible system as well as suggestions that as a concept collective worship in school was outmoded and out of line with the more secular society in Britain , and should , therefore , be abandoned altogether . |
| 10 | The conference took place at a time of great political turmoil , and there were calls for the resignation of President Collor and an end to corruption . |
| 11 | At mass demonstrations in Baku there were calls for the Azerbaijan authorities either to reassert full sovereignty over Nagorny Karabakh or to resign . |
| 12 | Portraits of former communist dictator Enver Hoxha and of the current President , Ramiz Alia , were burned at rallies in Tirana on Oct. 6 , and there were calls for the arrest of Hoxha 's widow , Nexhmije Hoxha . |
| 13 | There were calls for the splitting of the Bailiff 's combined functions , those of judge and of Deputy President of the island 's parliament , the Assembly of the States . |
| 14 | In particular there were calls for the resignation of the state Interior Minister , Lothar Kupfer , who initially expressed " a certain understanding " for the rioters . |
| 15 | And there were calls for the theatre to close as it had become a big drain on local council finances . |
| 16 | And their performance was so popular with the watching crowd that there were calls for the return of the stocks . |
| 17 | Despite these unpromising signs , there were reasons for the Reaganites to hope that they might be able to succeed in the House . |
| 18 | Despite the confusion , there were opportunities for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to meet founder members of the RAF and veterans . |
| 19 | Still , there were opportunities for the enterprising . |
| 20 | On two sides there were offices for the management and they can watch you and the supervisor or foreman can watch you as well . |
| 21 | Parallel to this there were demands for the encouragement of small firms [ Bolton Report , 1971 ] . |
| 22 | There were demands for the release of those arrested during the January riots [ see p. 37947 ] . |
| 23 | Thus in Jaca there were allotments for the poor labourers and no agrarian destitute class ; around Saragossa the labourers had enforced a customary eight-hour day and worked in their free hours on their own plots ; but on the great estates of dry Aragon labour conditions could only be matched in Andalusia . |
| 24 | There were doubles for the Teessiders in the colts 800 metres ( Fernando Whitworth 2:23.7 and Neal Cotton 2:29.0 ) , boys discus ( Stephen Birse 28.02m and Mark Earl 22.80m ) , youths hammer ( Wayne Gibson 53.96 metres and David Waller 41.52 metres ) , youths steeplechase ( Stephen Helm 4:37.8 and Glen Harland 4:51.0 ) and the youths 3,000 metres ( Kevin Mace 9:30.9 and Paul Bentley 9:39.8 ) while Barry O'Brien scored a double in the youths 200 and 400 metres and Ian Taylor in the shot and hammer . |
| 25 | More than half the fleet were syndicates-in-waiting for the great America 's Cup circus which begins next March in San Diego . |
| 26 | There were advantages for the Board in deploying all but a few of its full-time teachers as subject-specialist staff tutors based in Cambridge — notably the fact that there would be little problem in constructing a viable programme for each one , with the whole of the Board 's area to cover . |
| 27 | There were advantages for the consumer in the close links between the centres and the enforcement mechanisms of Trading Standards Departments . |
| 28 | Earnings were 14p for the quarter , just under 1p coming from currency changes , taking the running total for nine months to 39.4p net a share , against 32.3p . |
| 29 | It said nothing about investiture or homage : these were matters for the pope . |
| 30 | The judge 's initial view was that these were matters for the trial but he was persuaded otherwise by the arguments of counsel . |