Example sentences of "contract [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original contracts were for payment in dollars . |
| 2 | Typically , such contracts were for 15 years . |
| 3 | The contract was for a fixed term of five years . |
| 4 | That contract was for ten albums , which , at Oldfield 's work rate , could amount to fifteen to twenty years ' work . |
| 5 | The recent contract was for police and staff . |
| 6 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 7 | The contract was for the sale by a Dutch company of aluminium foil some of which the buyers ( an English company ) were to use in their manufacturing process . |
| 8 | This could not be done where the contract was for the sale of purely generic goods . |
| 9 | However , it can lead to difficult questions in deciding when the goods delivered are so different in kind that their delivery amounts to a breach of fundamental term : for instance , in Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 the contract was for sale of " winter white cabbage seed " . |
| 10 | The plaintiffs claimed repayment of the purchase price on the basis that the contract was for the sale of goods by description within s13(1) of SGA 1979 and could , therefore , be avoided on the grounds of misdescription . |
| 11 | Thus in Cammell Laird and Co Ltd v Manganese Bronze and Brass Co Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 402 , the contract was for the provision of two propellers for a specified ship and it was held that the sellers knew the purpose for which the propellers were required , ie that they should be suitable for the ship in question . |
| 12 | The first contract was for 15 guineas-worth of nails to fasten the iron chairs to the sleepers . |