Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [was/were] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although arrangements differed in detail from one place to another the usual practice was for the management to allow a preliminary meeting in works time at which the aims of the WEA could be explained and for those apprentices interested to stay behind to plan a course . |
| 2 | The proper course was for the insurance company to apply to remove the stay in the plaintiff 's action . |
| 3 | Civil servants were keen to discern how widespread public support was for the new measures , though they were aware , as they euphemistically put it , that there would be ‘ cause for complaint ’ with the government if the bill were blocked . |
| 4 | One can only surmise that this arrangement was for the programming convenience of the television station which covered the matches . |
| 5 | Interestingly , at the time of Burgess ' model , Sneinton and Radford were still on the outskirts of the city and this housing was for the workers at the Players , clothing , and Raleigh factories . |
| 6 | One popular way was for the dealer to refer his client to somebody in the administration or accounts departments , or else to the director in charge of such details . |
| 7 | The nucleus of each village was for the most part made up of the Frelimo guerillas who had fought in the liberation struggle . |
| 8 | My second commission was for the Lutheran Church of St Andrew in Suislip . |
| 9 | The typical pattern was for the local parties to meet only once a year in 1915 and 1916 , to re-elect their officers for another year ; agents who had enlisted were kept on the books by retaining half their normal pay , to compensate them for loss of earnings in the national interest and to keep them available for a resumption of partisanship . |
| 10 | Similarly , Fawcett supported the British Government in the Anglo-Boer War , while Butler 's chief concern was for the ‘ native races ’ . |
| 11 | Second only to the family , his chief love was for the North of Scotland and in the mid-fifties he realised a life-time ambition by becoming the owner of a 26,000-acre estate in Sutherland and , typical of the man , here he turned this unit into a sound agricultural business as well as a sporting estate . |
| 12 | But this principal dislike was for the British . |
| 13 | In 1989 the global nature of the drift-net plague was for the first time widely recognised . |
| 14 | Her constant prayer was for the safety of ‘ My John ’ stuck , as she knew he was , in the mud around Ravenna . |
| 15 | But such privileged access was for the few : most men had to relay their desires through the elite which manned the doors of power . |
| 16 | The trains were designed to accommodate patients in the central vehicles , those at either end were for the convenience of the staff , stores , etc. , and in the military trains , the ward or hospital cars had a pharmacy car in the centre . |
| 17 | The obvious solution was for the ELR to put on a daily goods train to service the site from both Bury Buckley Wells yard and a temporary sand and gravel dump established at Ewood Bridge . |
| 18 | Hard class was for the poor people , they were just on benches , but we were n't allowed in there . |
| 19 | Yes , and that in any case the normal procedure was for the matter to be reported to the Parquet . ’ |
| 20 | His first-class debut was for the Minor Counties against Oxford University in 1939 , but it was not until 1947 that he first played for Surrey , as an aggressive fast-medium bowler , who also liked to give the ball a good whack when batting . |
| 21 | Interestingly , his poor showing was for the same reason as that of much of the European contingent . |
| 22 | Strangely , his only international appearance was for the English against the Scottish League in 1914 . |
| 23 | But the legal relationship was for the most part enveloped in a broader normative framework … |
| 24 | He was asked about the secrecy involved and the necessity for the early morning raids , and he answered that both the Society 's and the Council 's major concern was for the interests and feelings of the children , and that necessitated confidentiality . |
| 25 | They chose the second option , because their prime concern was for the safety of the international financial system . |
| 26 | ‘ Kentigern 's mother was a northern princess called Thanew whose great love was for the Virgin Mother on whom she modelled herself . |
| 27 | Stage shows made Leonard Bernstein a very rich man , but he said he cared little for the money , his great love was for the music . |
| 28 | The queen 's central position , by contrast , was an ex officio one , and Hincmar therefore highlighted it ( c. 22 ) : her most important responsibility was for the " good order [ in both practical and model senses ] of the palace , and for the dispensing of the annual gifts , apart from their food , drink and horses , to the king 's warrior-retinue " — the latter a quasi-maternal role which enabled the queen to form a network of personal relationships with a younger generation of budding leaders . |
| 29 | The initial deal was for the release of two singles and a potential album deal which has yet to be finalised . ’ |
| 30 | Both the Iranian and the Chinese governments denied that their co-operation over nuclear technology was for the development of a nuclear weapon . |