Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another pervasive , and important , influence for this head was technology . |
| 2 | Among the reasons given for this conclusion were that the system imposes long delays in obtaining foreign exchange for essential imports , thus putting a brake on exports ; that the rate of exchange was not adjusted sufficiently ; and that in the absence of retention rights the exporters had lost their motivation for exporting . |
| 3 | ‘ About 45 per cent of land developed for residential use was developed , including land already used for housing purposes , or was vacant land in built-up areas . |
| 4 | Birth weight adjusted for gestational age was significantly associated with all lung function measurements , except FEF 2 5 — 7 5 . |
| 5 | During the First World War the little colony of gifted foreigners in Montparnasse and French artists unfit for military service was increasingly shunned by the rest of society at a time when xenophobia was rife and contempt for any man out of uniform was universal . |
| 6 | The ornaments recovered from Neolithic cemeteries in the Rhine and Danube basins show that the shells most favoured for personal adornment were those of the mussel Spondylus gaederopus from which were fashioned necklaces , pendants and bracelets . |
| 7 | It was as clear an indication as he could ever have wished for that Hope was not primarily interested in the immense dowry . |
| 8 | The justification originally claimed for this decision was twofold . |
| 9 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 10 | That ache that she thought had been satiated for all time was back within her . |
| 11 | Accompanying the policy , the RTO put forward a ‘ Strategy for Action ’ , in which criteria for the selection of the two hospitals to be targeted for early closure were put forward . |
| 12 | Annual additions recommended for this collection were 16,000 books per annum , 3,000 journal subscriptions p.a. , and 4,000 volumes of multiple copies for undergraduate use . |
| 13 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 14 | It was suggested earlier that one of the goals to be decided for any project was the intended readership of the final product ; that is , its audience . |
| 15 | The author of the Saturday article thought that the chances of the four schemes being selected for detailed examination were very remote and was probably surprised when the judges awarded prizes to all four , albeit rather low prizes . |
| 16 | The programme selected for this experiment was an episode of Pathfinders to Venus , a series already demonstrated as the main forerunner of Doctor Who . |
| 17 | The agent selected for this task was a Spaniard called Paulus , a trusted servant of the Emperor , described as a notarius . |
| 18 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
| 19 | Following the departure of the resident cartographer in May , support for geological cartography was maintained by continuing to supply and maintain equipment and materials . |
| 20 | Support for this assumption was obtained from a similar study in pigs that showed that amino acids derived from the extracellular space were used directly for pancreatic enzyme synthesis . |
| 21 | Immunostaining for each enzyme was present in the cytoplasm of tumour cells ( Fig 3 and 4 ) , although in a few cases nuclear staining was also seen for the glutathione S-transferases . |
| 22 | Even those governments that were in the vanguard of the urging for greater union were guilty at times of dragging their heels when OEEC proposals and policies seemed likely to have an adverse effect upon the national economy . |
| 23 | eligibility limits for legal aid were to be retained , and the contributions currently payable are not unreasonable ; |
| 24 | The product adopted for this task was a laminated bitumen and polyethylene sheet material which demands very careful attention to the formation of joints between sheets if groundwater penetration is to be entirely excluded . |
| 25 | The City solicitor whose letter is being used to vouch for Global Finance was shocked to hear of details of North Star 's advance fee demands . |
| 26 | The pairs of names used for each application were randomly selected from the panel of three Asian and English applicants . |
| 27 | by no means all were sufficiently attractive for jewellery and in practice those used for this purpose were mainly stones of red colour , notably blood-red pyropes and dark red almandines . |
| 28 | The bulk of the data used for this study were documentary in origin : letters from Polish peasants to relatives living in the United States , the archives of Polish newspapers , and the records and periodicals of Polish émigré organisations . |
| 29 | The criteria used for manometric diagnosis were those recommended by Castell et al . |
| 30 | The premium level needed for this purpose was not yet known . |