Example sentences of "[was/were] for the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local transmissions of the External Service were for the many expatriates working in the country who understood little or no Swahili . |
| 2 | The Plan B mentioned last year was for the All Blacks to make only a fleeting visit to Australia , thus opening the way for the South Africans to make a short tour to Australia and then for the All Blacks to go to South Africa . |
| 3 | This is the truth my lad and the first I made for was for the that , just off Canada , is is New Foundland ? |
| 4 | Perhaps it was for the same reason that Mrs Parvis , so Gloria claimed , put crushed up egg-shells into powdered egg so that the lodgers would think they were eating something which they were n't . |
| 5 | Interestingly , his poor showing was for the same reason as that of much of the European contingent . |
| 6 | It has been noted that it was for the same crimes that Klaus Barbie was sentenced by the courts in Lyon to life imprisonment . |
| 7 | The original deal was for the same time and same sum , but the difference now is that the new contract covers rugby only for the age bracket between 16 and 18 . |
| 8 | But such privileged access was for the few : most men had to relay their desires through the elite which manned the doors of power . |