Example sentences of "[pron] were [vb pp] for the " in BNC.

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1 If there are orthographic paragraph divisions in the original version of this text which were made for the sake of appearance on the page , then we have little hope of identifying such divisions in any formal way .
2 This was one reason why the predictions of ruin which were made for the peasantry failed at this stage even to look like coming true in some of the most industrialised and developed countries .
3 This is a summary of the arrangements which were adopted for the Phase 1 Pilots , a statement of the impressions which have been collected of their operation and an outline of the interim conclusions which have been reached .
4 The research makes use of data which were collected for the SE Gas Region in order to identify indicators of change in gas consumption .
5 Boris Anrep , for instance , whom the Berkeleys used to encounter when they stayed with Maud Russell at Mottisfont , gave them the model he painted for the mosaics which were intended for the apse of Westminster Cathedral ( it stands on the chest of drawers in their bedroom ) and Hugh Honour and John Fleming gave them the marble hermaphrodite which reclines on the top of a bookcase in the study .
6 In the first place , as must already be evident , it shows some striking parallels with the Formalists ' views on literature and literary studies — views which were developed for the greater part quite independently of it , for although later Formalist theory may have been influenced to some degree by Saussure , the beginnings of the movement predate the publication of his Cours .
7 The news categories used by the 1947 Press Commission , which were followed for the 1975 analysis , were too general to show up many differences of detail , but are recorded in Table 6.6 .
8 In turn , Amritsar became the depot for piece goods , copper , and brass which were destined for the Central Asian markets .
9 The number of foresters was to be limited under the supervision of the regarders : no warden or local Forest officer was to hold pleas of the forest , which were reserved for the Forest Eyre .
10 When the mills of the North of England are referred to , we think immediately of the nineteenth-century factories which were built for the purpose of manufacturing yarn and textiles , rather than buildings containing corn-grinding machinery .
11 He contributed two articles to the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica ( 1875–88 ) , for which his father also wrote , and thirty-nine articles to the eleventh edition ( 1910–11 ) , seven of which were revised for the fourteenth ( 1929 ) .
12 The largest cuts — which were proposed for the North Sea cod and haddock — amounted to only 15 per cent .
13 The costumes for the Sadler 's Wells production were designed , at de Valois 's insistence , by Hedley Briggs , an old associate of hers , but they seem not to have differed materially from the ones by Hanns Ebensten which were used for the original Cape Town production .
14 Haselkorn has argued that the USSR has also established aerial staging networks which were used for the airlift of arms to Angola and Ethiopia in the 1970s and which are of paramount importance for Soviet access strategy in the Third World .
15 Changed circumstances began to alter the criteria which were used for the selection and appointment of heads .
16 Many wave-energy researchers believe that the consistently unfavourable attitude of the EC towards wave power has its origins in unfavourable assessments which were provided for the Community by the British government .
17 This was rejected on the grounds that there was nowhere else to put the rescued artifacts , many of which were designed for the house .
18 and er if it was applied retroactively the er estimates which were put for the European court
19 Acknowledging his administrative talents and scholarly assets , Mrs Stevenson said the board felt , ‘ He simply did not have the specific skills which were needed for the job ’ .
20 In this study , this was achieved by examining the estimated kilometre square populations together with those which were reported for the same areal units in the 1971 Census of Population .
21 In future , however , energy matters would be kept under review by a new advisory panel of independent experts which would suggest how information should be interpreted on the way in which markets were developing and studies that should be carried out , similar to ones which were commissioned for the coal review .
22 Reckless reported a large series of 154 diabetics who were examined for the presence of macrovascular complications with relation to actual lipoprotein levels ( Reckless et al , 1978 ) .
23 While the Viet Minh forces were deployed in the liberation of the northern border provinces they were also able to create a reserve ( one writer estimates 10 000 troops ) who were trained for the ‘ big push ’ .
24 Pilots who were selected for the early courses were from very varied backgrounds .
25 The seven had been implicated in the bombings by confessions ( later discredited ) made under pressure by Gerard Conlon and Paul Hill , two of the " Guildford Four " who were imprisoned for the Guildford and Woolwich bombings [ see p. 27739 ] but who were released in October 1989 when their convictions were declared unsafe [ see p. 36983 ] .
26 Three doctors are before the committee charged with professional misconduct for their alleged involvement in removing kidneys from four Turks who were paid for the organs .
27 Three doctors are before the committee charged with professional misconduct for their alleged involvement in removing kidneys from four Turks who were paid for the organs .
28 He does not court publicity having witnessed other ministers who were tipped for the top and never made it .
29 You resigned over over Westland you er er you were defeated for the leadership .
30 But you would have to be awfully sure that you were destined for the gallows to put to sea in a small boat during a storm .
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