Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was par for the course , they seemed to be saying . |
| 32 | In all fields , there was still much that was unknown : in Herbert Spencer 's philosophy , and in Tyndall 's Belfast address , there was room for the unknowable ; but it seemed reasonable to hope that under pressure from inquiring minds this would shrink , if not ultimately wither away altogether . |
| 33 | Finnan 's passengers stowed most of their gear in the hold and the Hearthwares slept there , but there was room for the others in the three-sided cabin , though the roof was so low they bumped their heads . |
| 34 | There was room for the more exotic creations and the star attraction was one of David Emanuel 's latest designs — a lilac silk organza wedding dress . |
| 35 | It led the Bishop of Hippo ( near Carthage ) to write soon afterwards his great book The City of God , the first philosophy of history , in order to rebut the charge that the sack of Rome was punishment for the abandonment by its citizens of their traditional pagan gods . |
| 36 | Champion for a second time in 1983 , he teamed up with Nigel Mansell at Williams in 1986 and a year later was champion for the third time . |
| 37 | In 1963 , however , Clark was champion for the first time , after winning a record seven rounds , and at 27 he became the youngest-ever world champion . |
| 38 | The next step was selection for the World Cup squad : ‘ Actually , I was lying in bed with ‘ flu on the Sunday morning of a squad session from which I had called off when Bill Hogg , the SRU secretary , telephoned to say that Iain Milne had been forced to withdraw . |
| 39 | There was authority for the view that the test was ‘ person aggrieved ’ . |
| 40 | Ltd. v. Hawkins ( 1859 ) 4 H. & N. 87 was authority for the proposition that it was an ordinary incident of all corporations ( including municipal corporations ) that they might sue for libel ; that case was only authority for the proposition that a trading company might sue for libel by which its property was injured ; ( 3 ) in holding that the Manchester Corporation case was decided per incuriam when there was no basis for so holding and he should have followed it ; ( 4 ) in holding that in bringing an action for libel not alleged to have caused actual damage , no valid distinction could be made between trading corporations and municipal corporations , which ignored the true basis on which a trading corporation was permitted to sue for libel , namely that it had a trading character , the defamation of which might ruin it : South Hetton Coal Co . Ltd. v. North-Eastern News Association Ltd. [ 1894 ] 1 Q.B. 133 , 145 . |
| 41 | [ In the Court of Appeal Pickin successfully argued that this case was authority for the House of Lords refusing to give effect to a private Act obtained by fraud . ] |
| 42 | Mark Cunningham , who was lifeguard for the Masters and regularly bodysurfed big Pipe , was offhand about the danger . |
| 43 | An important item in this trade was timber for the construction of ships . |
| 44 | And there was praise for the Barlow Clowes Investors Group , which , with Manchester solicitors Alexander Tatham , were at the forefront of the battle for compensation . |
| 45 | As the ravers and new age travellers helped local council workmen clear up the site , there was praise for the way the police handled the weekend . |
| 46 | I stood it for a bit and then I 'm afraid I said to him that what was sauce for the goose and at least I was n't married . ’ |
| 47 | But it may be that , as men of little social consequence , they lacked that sensitivity to personal relationships on which the aristocratic society of the tenth and eleventh centuries had depended ; for the newcomers , what was sauce for the goose was likely to be sauce for the gander . |
| 48 | The result of this year 's competition was victory for The Lords , with The Winners second , The Stars third , The Dukes fourth , Jackie 's Team fifth , and THE Team sixth . |
| 49 | When the right job did turn up , it was relief for the frustrated star , but it also signalled the end of his marriage . |
| 50 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 51 | There was bronze for the Oxford powerboat team of Dave Arthur and Pete Little in the world championships … they also took bronze in the European 's two weeks ago … |
| 52 | There was bronze for the Oxford powerboat team of Dave Arthur and Pete Little in the world championships … they also took bronze in the European 's two weeks ago … |
| 53 | The £6.1m paid was consideration for the site and the existing partly-constructed buildings . |
| 54 | I therefore conclude , though not without some doubt , that there was consideration for the new agreement … . |
| 55 | Having reached the conclusion that there was consideration for the agreement made on June 28 and June 29 , 1973 , I must next consider whether even if that agreement , varying the terms of the original ship-building contract of April 10 , 1972 , was made under a threat to break that original contract and that the various increased instalments were made consequentially under the varied agreement , the increased sums can be recovered as money had and received . |
| 56 | If I am right in the conclusion reached with some doubt earlier that there was consideration for the 10 per cent . |
| 57 | The dominant theme of this literature was concern for the well-being of the peasantry . |
| 58 | However , there was concern for the two survivors aboard the lifeboat , who were severely seasick , and an attempt was made to land them at St Abbs . |
| 59 | The dominant theme of this literature was concern for the well-being of the peasantry . |
| 60 | A meeting was convened on 1st July 1600 to discuss the state of affairs but it was very poorly attended ; still the Germans were granted £200 to lay in peat , coal and other fuels for the next winter … and there was concern for the plight of the workmen should the mining halt . |