Example sentences of "[noun] were [vb pp] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I believe that positive steps were needed to build for the future , particularly with the wealth of young talent now available . |
| 2 | Earlier this season Golf Monthly readers were invited to enter for the event : 720 fortunate golfers ( three amateurs and one assistant ) were balloted to compete in eight qualifying events around the British Isles . |
| 3 | Instead of responding to a pair of words , readers were asked to look for specific relationships between a single word and a sentence . |
| 4 | The price the Jews were expected to pay for this help was cooperation and conformity . |
| 5 | Party opinion was mollified by the Derby Scheme of November 1915 , whereby the agents and activists of both parties were used to canvass for recruits ; the party organization was turned over entirely to recruiting and the scheme cost the party £29,000 . |
| 6 | Eight further political parties were formally legalized on Feb. 5 and other parties were encouraged to apply for registration . |
| 7 | Two hundred drinkers were forced to run for cover but she was unable to get clear and caught the full force of the blast . |
| 8 | Indeed variations in profitability were found to account for some three-quarters of the variations in capital stock during this period ( European Economy , 1991 ) . |
| 9 | Latin American Communists were directed to work for a ‘ democratic-bourgeois ’ revolution . |
| 10 | Odds ratios were calculated and unconditional multivariate logistic regression models were used to adjust for potential confounding by age at diagnosis and calendar period . |
| 11 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
| 12 | All the original crews were expected to volunteer for 45 sorties : by and large this meant in effect that each PFF crew would start a full Bomber Command tour of about 31 ) sorties . |
| 13 | Lothian and Borders fire crews were forced to call for extra assistance after the fire engulfed the kitchen and roof of Dean Park Primary School , a single-story building . |
| 14 | Two companies were invited to tender for the supply of 8 PCs ( later increased to 9 ) at identical specifications supplied by C Will . |
| 15 | Griffiths believed that a greater diversity of service options would develop if the independent sector , voluntary organizations and private companies were encouraged to compete for contracts for domiciliary and residential care services : indeed , there is evidence from initiatives in services for people with mental handicap that having a multiplicity of different service providers stimulates creative innovations in services in a way which monolithic public sector services seem slow to do . |
| 16 | The rebels were forced to sue for peace — and they received it , but only on condition that they too took the cross . |
| 17 | Delegates elected a 91-member general committee , including four women , and a 17-member executive committee ; places were reserved to allow for the boycotting groups to join later . |
| 18 | There can be no doubt , however , that funerary liability was a powerful inducement to save ; it was estimated in 1843 that between one-quarter and one-third of all deposits in savings banks were intended to provide for ‘ a respectable funeral . ’ |
| 19 | Because low profits also militated against the use of available funds for productive investment , investors were encouraged to search for short-term speculative ‘ killings ’ . |
| 20 | So that 's variance of reproductive er success and I mentioned I think last week , I anyway , the most extreme examples of this which is elephant seals where in once again a similar population to this , a closely studied population in California , five percent of the males were found to account for ninety five percent of the offspring in one season . |
| 21 | In the first months , when hostilities were expected to last for only a few months , party activity was hardly affected at all . |
| 22 | Method : Stains were left to dry for 24 hours ( old stains are the most stubborn ) . |
| 23 | No sex differences were found in the rate of problems but the difficulties were found to persist for one year in about two-thirds of these children and to persist for over five years in about one-third . |
| 24 | Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back . |
| 25 | They also stated that if no help was forthcoming they might later in the year repeal the international law of first asylum under which the boat people were allowed to apply for refugee status and be given a fair hearing . |
| 26 | Sermons and prayers stressed the patience , humility and virtue of the English king : when people were exhorted to pray for the great expedition which Edward , together with the Black Prince and the duke of Lancaster , led to France in 1355 , they were told that it was setting out ‘ to procure peace ’ . |
| 27 | All the 650 headquarters staff were told to report for work as normal . |
| 28 | Only these 5 athletes were invited to attend for a medical examinaton . |
| 29 | An impressive range of intellectuals were persuaded to write for the UDC . |
| 30 | After adequate initial dilatation ( 15 mm ) , patients were instructed to attend for follow up at six to eight week intervals , or earlier in case of a recurrence of dysphagia . |