Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanatoria , popular by the end of the century , were only for the better-off , apart from some charitable foundations , and in any case had little effect . |
| 2 | And we nearly come under it er were only for the Yanks . |
| 3 | We were in for the worst . |
| 4 | They yesterday found out which rating band their homes were in for the tax which starts next April . |
| 5 | Inevitably , months later , some actor will hiss , ‘ Heard you were in for the first half the other night , ’ prompting instant fabrication of husband having a miscarriage and mad cow disease in row F ) . |
| 6 | Weeks later , half were downstairs for the more tuneful brew mixed up by various members of the Flying DJ family . |
| 7 | It was July and still light , but most of the better-off inhabitants of this end of Sauchiehall Street were away for the summer . |
| 8 | " We thought you were away for the week-end , " she said . |
| 9 | ‘ Only to an expert in family relationships — and I know you were away for the weekend ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If I told you lessons were over for the day and you could go swimming , no doubt a miraculous recovery would take place . |
| 11 | The clumsiness is evident in the standard of ‘ the reasonable man ’ , an anthropomorphic ( and male ) standard which might be taken to suggest a paragon of virtue if it were not for the context of partially exculpating a killing by such a person . |
| 12 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
| 13 | If it were not for the debilitating character question , Clinton would surely have a fair chance of beating Bush . |
| 14 | This would be a useful feature if it were not for the fact that a certain amount of vaginal discharge is perfectly normal and natural for a woman in her reproductive years ; and what is more , this natural discharge is subject to a fair amount of variation depending on the stage of the menstrual cycle . |
| 15 | This would not matter very much ( for it would always be possible for individual candidates to prove the expectation wrong ) , if it were not for the fact that whole papers in the final examination , or certain questions on papers , are to be ‘ differentiated ’ . |
| 16 | The foregoing would , of course , mean that property rights were not for the dispensation of some imagined ‘ god ’ of early superstitious religion , but existed by virtue of the fact that human beings have , in the course of time , generally agreed that such a right was ‘ good ’ , for the reason that without it there could be no peaceful existence and no contentment . |
| 17 | The tears which coursed down his cheeks were not for the head groom . |
| 18 | If it were not for the hollow bones the 30-ton creature would have required inordinate amounts of energy , and thus more food , to move around . |
| 19 | Yet if it were not for the eclipses of May , June and November , Pisceans might think they could get off comparatively lightly . |
| 20 | ‘ We will open on Friday , Saturday and Sunday throughout the summit with a big display showing the prices that would be charged if it were not for the Common Agricultural Policy , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 21 | Ironically , the Great War would not have been the war that it was if it were not for the machine . |
| 22 | Any cheers that met his statement — which was not heard in silence — were not for the General-Secretary but for his concessions . |
| 23 | ‘ requiring a seat belt ’ Means per regulation 6 of the Motor Vehicles ( wearing of Seat Belts ) Regulation 1982 : ‘ The classes of vehicle mentioned in regulation 4 are ( a ) a vehicle to which Regulation 46 of the Construction and Use Regulations applies ( see later ) ; and ( b ) a vehicle which is equipped with anchorage points and seat belts and to which that Regulation would apply if it were not for the circumstances that the vehicle — |
| 24 | The theatre was not something of which her parents would have approved , such frivolous pleasures were not for the likes of hard-working shoemakers . |
| 25 | From what has been said above , it will be clear that the Oxford English Dictionary Department would not be what it is , if it were not for the Supplement project lying at the heart of its work . |
| 26 | Even so , as Arnold Freeman argued in Boy Life and Labour ( 1914 ) if it were not for the admittedly frail system of compulsory schooling , ‘ we should be manufacturing a race of hooligans who would make our existing civilisation an impossibility ’ . |
| 27 | But why ( if it were not for the fact that one is a Christian ) should one be wanting to stay with the experience of women within the biblical tradition ? |
| 28 | He did not enjoy such visits now , and would have been tempted to abandon them if it were not for the fact that people might gossip . |
| 29 | If it were not for the scenes written after his marriage , The Elder Statesman would have been by far the grimmest play he had ever written . |
| 30 | He also remarked , significantly : If it were not for the Union , I venture to think that women would be all over the London trade . |