Example sentences of "[conj] was [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she neither volunteered nor was asked for any new statement of intent about how soon the British would agree to sterling joining the fixed exchange rate regime of the European Monetary System . |
| 2 | A dozen years ago , Zilog Corp with the Z80 , Micropro International Corp with WordStar , Digital Research Inc with CP/M , Software Arts Inc with VisiCalc , Wang Laboratories Inc with its office systems , ruled the low end of the industry — the end that was poised for explosive growth over the next decade : where are they now ? |
| 3 | Krauss notes that even in Rodin 's Three Nymphs , it was the same plaster model that was realized for each of the three figures . |
| 4 | Erm at previous County Council and the previous committee , together with the officers , planned extremely thoroughly and er the funding that was provided for this year both internally within the County Council and externally from the government was sufficient to provide the sorts of levels of service that we , we anticipate . |
| 5 | As this was a Bill that was passed for one year only , the refusal to pass it would effectively restore the Lords ' power over the government by taking away its legal control over the army . |
| 6 | One of the areas that was targeted for local government investment lies on the north side of the Allegheny river , directly across from the ‘ Golden Triangle ’ which forms the heart of Pittsburgh 's downtown . |
| 7 | One distinctive theme of the Newcastle RRL work is the problem of integrating zonal datasets--in other words , bringing together information that was published for different sets of areas ( over 50 different sets of areas are used for reporting statistics about Britain 's localities ) . |
| 8 | higher than was planned for 1991-92 , and the increase is twice as high as inflation . |
| 9 | What all the " finishing " processes had in common , apart from a degree of exertion greater than was needed for hand-setting but not necessarily greater than could be expected from a normal young woman , was that these were tasks an apprentice learned only towards the end of his time . |
| 10 | One monoclonal antibody , KS128 , demonstrated high expression on freshly prepared peripheral blood lymphocytes ( PBL ) , monocytes and granulocytes ( data not shown ) and was selected for further study . |
| 11 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 12 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 13 | Claire , of Gipsy Hill , south-east London , needed 10 stitches and was treated for black eyes and severe bruises at King 's College Hospital . |
| 14 | It had first been established in 1979 , and was renewed for three years in 1989. * Evidence has emerged of continued " pirate whaling " in the south Atlantic . |
| 15 | He was fined £250 plus £25 costs , had his licence endorsed and was disqualified for one year . |
| 16 | He had two operations to repair torn ligaments in his left knee and was sidelined for 18 months during his spell with Italian club Pisa . |
| 17 | A strike by some 1,000 oil workers at Morocco 's largest oil refinery began on April 19 and was extended for 48 hours at a time until early May . |
| 18 | So let's sum up , I treated a similar case with 5 times the amount of fluid than the article used , the case was solid the next day and was viewed for 3 days and had no greying off and the colour was really good . |
| 19 | No. 16 was sent there early in 1928 and was gone for some time . |
| 20 | Tommy had started and trimmed one side of my head , then noticing that it was six o'clock said ‘ Sha n't be a minute ’ and was gone for ten . |
| 21 | Desimir set out with his six wagonloads of treasure , and was gone for three years . |
| 22 | He was told he had been given every opportunity to pay , and was jailed for 32 days . |
| 23 | He was sacked from the Mint — and was jailed for nine months at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday . |
| 24 | Slater , of Redcar Road , Middlesbrough , admitted reckless driving , assault and criminal damage in April and was jailed for four months and banned from driving for the same period . |
| 25 | Ryman , of Spalding , Lincs , admitted manslaughter with diminished responsibility and was jailed for five years . |
| 26 | Married Smith , from Walsall , West Midlands , admitted seven charges of deception and theft , and was jailed for two years . |
| 27 | But the company and police trapped Portuguese-born Antonio Quintas , 37 , a waiter , of Victoria Road , Portslade , East Sussex , who admitted blackmail and was jailed for six years . |
| 28 | He admitted burglary , handling stolen goods and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car and was jailed for 21 months yesterday by Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court . |
| 29 | In court 23 year old Colin Longmuir admitted causing a breach of the peace at the couples home , and was jailed for three months . |
| 30 | At a Salzburg meeting on June 24-25 , originally timetabled with the intention that it would mark the conclusion of the EEA negotiations , the fisheries issue again proved intractable , and was referred for further discussion by the joint high-level negotiating group ( HLNG ) , while in the joint communiqué ministers " reaffirmed their joint commitment to conclude the negotiations before the summer break " . |