Example sentences of "[was/were] for the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The March examination passed OK but when the Canberra crews sat the October examination they all looked in amazement at the test papers ; they were for the Washington . |
| 2 | The best results were for the Ford Motor and the Dana corporations which predicted 45 per cent of the total variance of returns . |
| 3 | Most were for the GPO , later Crown Film Unit , and distributed by the Central Office of Information to cinemas and overseas . |
| 4 | Further institutional integration would depend on political circumstances , and the aim was for the Krajina Assembly 's mandate to be endorsed by the Serbian Assembly . |
| 5 | Having been lucky with the only real audition I did which was for the RSC , I ca n't really complain about it . |
| 6 | In the higher price range , the most notable result was for the El Greco ‘ Disrobing of Christ ’ ( lot 309 ) , a preparatory study for the work of that subject in Toledo Cathedral , which made a new record for the artist at £1.7 million ( $3.1 ; est. £1.5–2.5 million ) . |
| 7 | The box , with a nominal value of £5 , was for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow trust . |
| 8 | If this a new beginning for South Africa , their first Test since their isolation from international cricket in 1970 , because of their government 's apartheid policies , so it was for the West Indies . |
| 9 | Only in one respect was any real money spent on Doctor Who , and that was for the TARDIS set in Episode One , the cost of which was spread out anyway throughout the rest of the season . |
| 10 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 11 | The Palestinian group refrained from approving the US plan , saying that it was for the PLO to do so . |
| 12 | This was be this was er er there was a ceremonial parade when we stood down but this was er erm something that like that the town in recognition of the Home Guard Cos when the Home Guard was stood down it was a national er a national standing down so everybody all over the country er everybody in the country there 'd be a er a parade of some sort but this was for the Walsall detachment of the South Staffs Home Guard that was invited to , to the town hall for er a reception , it was quite it stood in re er I still can remember about it quite quite something to look back on that was really . |
| 13 | THE last thing Norman Lamont and John Major wanted on a day when the unadjusted unemployment total topped 3 million again in spite of all the Government 's ( indirect ) efforts to set the scene for recovery was for the IMF to meddle in UK economic policy issues . |
| 14 | Charles stayed at the meeting long enough to hear when the rehearsal call was for the Monday ; if he accepted Paul 's offer of an understudy job , then he 'd have to be there . |
| 15 | The party was for the Wednesday night in Archer 's Bridal Suite in the Grand , and tickets were like gold . |