Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember during some very intensive rehearsals we were doing for the Ring we came to a passage where the figuration of the accompaniment always comes out too strongly . |
| 2 | Perhaps Marcus had read her previous reticence to give herself completely to him as boredom with the scenario of casual individual relationships which were par for the course for their contemporaries , and had laid on a partner-swapping party to titillate her interest . |
| 3 | Such things as ‘ building insurance up for the title ’ , ‘ Masterly performance ’ were par for the course . |
| 4 | Mr Travers , who drew his figures from public expenditure White Papers , said the sectors that enjoyed the biggest rises were education for the under-fives ( up nearly 90 per cent ) and children with special needs , both favourite Labour targets . |
| 5 | Fairy tales , fables , moral and religious stories , alphabets , songs and poems , all were grist for the stationers ' presses . |
| 6 | The wind freshened from astern off Rudha Reidh and we just managed to beat a south westerly gale into Loch Ewe where we were weatherbound for the next two days . |
| 7 | Priorities already established in the Highlands , he said , were care for the mentally and physically disabled , in co-operation with local authorities and voluntary agencies ; health promotion , and the building of new general-practice surgeries . |
| 8 | These observations differ from earlier findings in which scid mice were host for the same TCR -β transgene . |
| 9 | Crawford 's first London stage play was Change for the Angel , at the small Arts Theatre Club , in Great Newport Street . |
| 10 | Nevertheless the Spanish translation of Rousseau 's Social Contract could appeal to a ‘ son of Padilla ’ ; it was enthusiasm for the parliamentary institutions of medieval Spain which allowed the Cortes of Cadiz to present a constitution , founded on the constitutions of Revolutionary France , as the culmination of the ‘ true ’ constitutional development of Spain . |
| 11 | In the confusion of scolding that followed , Charles reflected that maybe there was hope for the family after all . |
| 12 | The anger he saw in her eyes was camouflage for the fear she felt . |
| 13 | His protest that this was the worst kind of Victorian colonialism was short-hand for the conviction that the action had played into the hands of all the enemies of the West . |
| 14 | The weather was kind for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Henley Golf Club which were held last weekend and large numbers of members and friends attended and were very appreciative of the arrangements which had been made . |
| 15 | There might not be money for Frederick Bissett 's salary or funds enough to supply him with badly needed back-up , but by God , oh yes , there was money for the building programme . |
| 16 | Mr Blackburn , a Belfast man , was clerk for the Northern Ireland Parliament from 1970 to March , 1972 , and then clerk of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1973–74 . |
| 17 | The original basis of liability under the rule was responsibility for the creation of an exceptional risk which happened to ripen into injury . |
| 18 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 19 | Under the DHSS priorities consultative document , issued in 1976 , there was provision for the improvement of hospital standards , and it is important that the long-standing neglect of hospital services should be reversed . |
| 20 | Now if the matter arises on taxation in this way , it seems that a loan , the trial judgment was given on the twentieth of March nineteen ninety one , a minute of order was prepared and signed by counsel for both the plaintiff and for the defendants and that was forwarded by the defendant 's solicitors to the plaintiff 's solicitors under cover of a letter dated the twenty third of April nineteen ninety one , er Mr who is the defendant 's solicitor in the third paragraph , had a letter wrote as follows I enclose a copy of the draft minute board , approved by Mr , he of course was counsel for the defendant , you are now , you , you were presumably now attend a sealed order . |
| 21 | For while Hartnell was couture for the older royals , its demise followed the shocking news that the higher-profile Edina Ronay house , which counts Princess Diana and the Duchess of York among its customers , is in serious trouble . |
| 22 | But Japhet ( she knew it was Japhet for the name was printed in little letters on his tee-shirt ) was nobody but Finn himself , perfect down to the squint , in blue jeans . |
| 23 | Among the issues discussed was compensation for the 800 Volhynian Czechs who moved to Czechoslovakia after the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 [ see pp. 34460-62 ] . |
| 24 | There was psychoanalysis for the status-conscious and assertiveness training for those with low self-esteem . |
| 25 | This was manna for the banks . |
| 26 | The telephonist at the other end was cheery and casual , and he was put through in no time to someone called Cyril Causeley , who , the girl said , was editor for the Walter Machin books . |
| 27 | Yeah had a bit of you know , I did n't busy place and Friday was lasagne for the Ininghams |
| 28 | I talked on about the poems , while she slowly relaxed and began to look happy , and even , in the end , cheerfully argumentative , which , with Megan , was par for the course . |
| 29 | ‘ It was par for the course . |
| 30 | But then , as she was fast coming to realise , that was par for the course really , since nothing appeared to make much sense where Dane Jacobsen was concerned . |