Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Median ( range ) symptom scores at the lowest glucose concentration were similar for the two insulins ( total score : human 8 ( 0–21 ) v porcine 6 ( 0–31 ) ( 95% confidence interval -4 to 3 , Z =0.54 , p=0.59 ) ; autonomic score : 3 ( 0–9 ) v 3 ( 0–10 ) , ( -2 to 2 , Z =-0.25 , p=0.79 ) ; and neuroglycopenic score : 2 ( 0–16 ) v 5 ( 0–21 ) , ( -3.5 to 2 , Z =-0.47 , p=0.63 ) ) . |
| 32 | The results and significance were similar for the earlier series although more pronounced ( Table III ) . |
| 33 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 34 | Over the next few weeks , players here and those that were unavailable for the tour will be asked about their availability , but already most of the touring squad have expressed their determination to go to Kenya , even if it means giving up their jobs to do so . |
| 35 | She switched off the CD player , went into the bedroom , checked that her black dress , red jacket and red shoes were spotless for the morning : tucked a red and gold scarf and a couple of gilt bracelets into her bag to wear in the evening and went to bed . |
| 36 | For they always avoided towns and traffic ; they avoided also the larger roads which became turnpikes in the eighteenth century and were subject to tolls , and they were short-turfed for the cattle and sheep , grazing as they went . |
| 37 | The only objective sense in which monetarism worked better than Keynesianism was the electoral one : the ‘ strong bargainers in all classes ’ were content for the economy to run at well below capacity . |
| 38 | ‘ What are you staring at , Squib ? ’ he said , almost angrily , conscious that his cheeks were warm for the third time that afternoon . |
| 39 | We were early for the service at Chelsea Register Office , so we were riding along the Embankment . |
| 40 | World events were worrying us more and more and some of us were fearful for the safety of family and friends . |
| 41 | Although the conditions up the slope were ideal for the more experienced , they were too strong for novice pilots . |
| 42 | It seems indeed that the social categories Emily Faithfull had in mind as " compositoresses " were the educated daughters of respectable tradesmen : the only ones whose origin is known for sure , and who were ideal for the experiment , were the daughters of master printers ( rather different from the daughters of journeymen ) . |
| 43 | He later reported that they were in worse condition than he had first thought and doubted whether they were fit for the job . |
| 44 | Naturally , no one could move into any of the new flats until the presidential apartments in the palace were fit for the top comrades , so the Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism took on a ghostly lifeless quality with its empty layer of flats and its vacant shops on the ground floor . |
| 45 | The rainwater goods , a mixture of plastic , asbestos and cast iron were fit for the scrap heap . |
| 46 | Note that there is no implication that this ‘ quality check ’ found the modules to be of particularly high quality : merely that they were fit for the purpose intended for the baseline . |
| 47 | According to Charles Rycroft , Artemidorus required to know at least six facts about a dream before it could be interpreted — " Whether the events depicted in the dream were plausible or bizarre ; whether they were approximately interconnected ; whether they were customary for the dreamer ; what events prior to the dream could have influenced it ; and the dreamer 's name and occupation " . |
| 48 | Some argue that centralisation and national uniformity were fine for the era of mass production , but that the service-based economy of the future demands diversity . |
| 49 | Looking back , there 's no doubt that we were too impatient and were unprepared for the major impact of the change from institution to community care on all concerned . |
| 50 | A recent survey conducted by the accountancy firm Arthur Anderson showed that four out of 10 companies in the Community were unprepared for the new VAT regime . |
| 51 | However , de Gaulle , whose knowledge of economic affairs was limited , was persuaded by other ministers that the French people were unprepared for the burdens of an austerity programme and that there would be a natural , if gradual , improvement in post-war conditions without Mendès-France 's measures . |
| 52 | Like everyone else , the Viet Minh were unprepared for the A-bomb and the Japanese surrender . |
| 53 | Although well acquainted with rejection notices , we were unprepared for the criticisms of this paper . |
| 54 | Some of the articles were hard for the layman to follow and quite hard for some clergymen to follow . |
| 55 | Both patients described were heterozygous for the missense mutation at codon 200 of the prion protein gene . |
| 56 | Of 61 patients with gastric ulcer , 23 were homozygous for the large fragment ( 3.6/3.6 ) , 32 were heterozygous for the RFLP ( 3.6/3.5 ) , and six were homozygous for the small fragment ( 3.5/ 3.5 ) . |
| 57 | I am sure he would have considered that both technical accomplishment and , though not perhaps in the modern sense , introspection , were valuable for the poet , but the labour and intense study which you 'll have noticed he referred to in that passage I 've read , consisted of course of learning large numbers of languages , which he clearly did with great fluency , and reading inordinately the whole of human literature . |
| 58 | In Champagne itself , in exceptionally hot vintages like 1947 , 1959 and 1976 , the sugar-acid ratios were inappropriate for the fine balance of Champagne . |
| 59 | In 1933 the Nazis increased their number of seats on the Volkstag to 38 , and were present for the first time in sufficient numbers to have an effect on the business and workings of the chamber . |
| 60 | About 30 close friends and family were present for the 40-minute service at Putney Vale Crematorium , south-west London . |