Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You made sure those words were learnt for the next day . |
| 2 | When the words were spoken for the third time , however , the divorce was irrevocable . |
| 3 | Those guidelines were produced for the police national computer mark I. It is now almost five years since they were published . |
| 4 | It then dawned on them that maybe sea legs were required for the following morning . |
| 5 | The grounds of Midway Manor were transformed for the evening , with a candlelit drive leading guests up to the manor house where hot air balloons offered rides above the parkland . |
| 6 | Remedies were sought for the lack of international liquidity and for the other causes of the decline in international trade — especially during the 1930s . |
| 7 | No ready-made solutions were offered for the problems posed . |
| 8 | Serum calcium and albumin concentrations were measured for the first 7 days and at least weekly for 4 weeks after treatment . |
| 9 | Joint Committee funds were sought for the SPRU component only . |
| 10 | Extra funds were earmarked for the reorganization of public administration in the police , the army , the judiciary and the civil and diplomatic services . |
| 11 | In Poplar , as elsewhere in the winter of 1902–03 , and in the still more severe distress of 1903–04 , public funds were opened for the ‘ relief of distress ’ , often sponsored by newspapers . |
| 12 | Twelve entries were submitted for the Group 's Competition for the design of a symbol for use by all the Centres . |
| 13 | Plenary sessions involving all four parties were planned for the following week . |
| 14 | All these jealousies and disappointments and doubts were forgotten for the time being in the face of adversity . |
| 15 | During the relaying of this track , the Marton trams operated in a complete circle , returning to Talbot Square via Royal Oak and Lytham Road , while the St. Annes blue cars were diverted for the first time to the Promenade at Talbot Square . |
| 16 | Smeed went on to argue that if drivers were charged for the delays they impose on one another , some of them would travel at different times , by different means or to different places — and that time wasted by everyone in jams would be reduced . |
| 17 | According to Judge Ovidiu Zarnescu , president of the Central Electoral Bureau , at the start of the campaign 5,716 candidates were nominated either as independents or by one of the 73 political parties for the 387 elective National Assembly seats and 1,584 candidates were nominated for the 119 Senate seats . |
| 18 | His eyes were peeled for the main chance — but where was it ? |
| 19 | Separate designs were evolved for the very different conditions of forest and savannah . |
| 20 | Those theses with related papers being published several years before submission were presented for the degree of D Sc , which , as previously described , is granted on the basis of a scientist 's record of published work in a subject field . |
| 21 | Those theses with related papers being published several years before submission were presented for the degree of D Sc , which , as previously described , is granted on the basis of a scientist 's record of published work in a subject field . |
| 22 | These animals were noted for the white finching along their backs and were prominent throughout the English Midlands early in the eighteenth century , soon spreading southwards and westwards and also into Ireland 's central plain . |
| 23 | In the recent past , many thousands of these animals were exported for the pet trade . |
| 24 | Data were analysed for the significance of differences by analysis of variance ( ANOVA ) . |
| 25 | Figure 11.13 compares A level results in 1979 ( when data were gathered for the Rampton Report ) with those in 1982 ( when comparable data were collected for the Swann Report ) . |
| 26 | Figure 11.13 compares A level results in 1979 ( when data were gathered for the Rampton Report ) with those in 1982 ( when comparable data were collected for the Swann Report ) . |
| 27 | The HDI data excluded several non-UN countries , and gave a single value for the ex-Soviet Union ( for GNP , separate data were used for the latter ) . |
| 28 | ‘ Demands were made for the repayment of the moneys advanced to companies in the group , and when the demands were not met , the second and third defendants were appointed joint receivers of the assets of the first five plaintiffs , and of the assets specifically charged by the sixth and seventh plaintiffs . |
| 29 | Demands were made for the immediate distribution of gas masks , most notably by Foreign Minister David Levi on Aug. 20 . |
| 30 | He made his call at a meeting of high-level civil servants , police and military officers on Nov. 2 , three days before a House of Representatives debate on prostitution at which demands were made for the closure of all brothels nationwide . |