Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In normal subjects , rectal distension at lower volumes induced an initial pressure rise followed by a plateau , but at higher distending volumes ( >60 ml ) two normal subjects showed repetitive rectal contractions that were compensated for by increased external anal sphincter activity ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 2 | The rejoinder by the defendant to this pleading alleged that the notes were given by Samuel Revill and himself as sureties and were given for the securing of part of the father 's debt and for no other consideration or purpose . |
| 3 | The DJs heard six songs and were asked for advice on the first single . |
| 4 | The Party had supported Labour candidates and was calling for the return of a Labour Government . |
| 5 | His most expensive buy was Robert Fleck for £2.1m last August but the former Norwich and Rangers player has scored only three goals and was dropped for four games last month . |
| 6 | Mixtures of thymocytes and stromal cells rapidly reform ( within 12 hours ) into intact thymus lobes and were analysed for T-cell development in terms of lymphoid content and TCR , CD4 and CD8 expression after 9 days in culture ( Fig.2 ) . |
| 7 | The very rich religious vestments on display date from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and were used for many different ceremonies . |
| 8 | But this , this bloke has sort of said , ooh he said , apparently one of the blokes that were working for him said that he had overheard him saying they were gon na burn the coach out . |
| 9 | These arrangements , however , only affect policies that were applied for after the April 1987 deadline . |
| 10 | In the Operations Room , some of the female part-time watchkeepers were just coming on duty and were being briefed on the operations that were planned for the day and those that were already taking place . |
| 11 | In an interview with La Stampa yesterday , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA chief Carlo De Benedetti condemned the pervasive system of political corruption , which he says obligated Olivetti to pay bribes or lose contracts , as ‘ having reduced Italy to a state worse than the Third World ’ : he says that at the last shareholders meeting earlier this year , he had to deny any bribery because he could n't preview information to the shareholders that was intended for the legal authorities ; he says that facing the judges , he felt liberated from a weight — ‘ then I felt a sense of justice — it pleased me to be there , ’ noting that when the company decided that the demands of the postal service for slush funds became too extreme and Olivetti stopped paying , ‘ we did n't sell another machine to the Post — we had arrived at the absurd point where , if we did n't pay , we did n't work and the moment we quit paying , we did n't work any more ’ . |
| 12 | First , and most important , stick with fonts that were designed for the printer you are using even if this means giving up some of the typographic niceties . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The analyses that were constructed for these frescos were found to be useful in the examination of more famous works . |
| 15 | Malek , 54 , who had held several senior government and Republican Party posts and was noted for his managerial skills , had been considered a strong candidate for White House Chief of Staff at the time of Sununu 's appointment . |
| 16 | He had been with Reuters for 21 years in 10 different posts and was looking for ‘ something different to do ’ . |
| 17 | Many secondees had been a considerable time in their pre-secondment posts and were looking for variety . |
| 18 | Hitler and his panzers were sweeping all before them , they had got into the low countries and were heading for Britain . |
| 19 | He had risen to his feet and was waiting for her . |
| 20 | No doubt he had observed her talking to the Shergolds and was itching for the chance to find out what she knew . |
| 21 | The beans were sold as Megabeans but were manufactured for Megastores by Beaneasy . |
| 22 | Even if no tax has been paid , you need to issue a P60 if the employee has paid contributions and was working for you on 5th April . |
| 23 | The trip had also offered temporary escape from her mother 's pointed reminiscences that when she was Polly 's age she had already been married two years and was preparing for the birth of her first child . |
| 24 | The same things that were promised for the gas , electricity and water , but in rel reality the only section to gain are the fat cats at the top who have recently been given it 's obscene pay increases . |
| 25 | It was partly because he got a weird buzz out of scaring himself half to death , and partly because he felt it was a kind of exorcism , to convince him he had control over his fears — and the horrors that were waiting for him round the corner of sleep . |
| 26 | The changes that were made for the Oval game took the number of England players used in the series to twenty-three and , as Cowdrey had to withdraw with a bruised foot , Graham Gooch was appointed the fourth captain of the series . |
| 27 | At school in Exeter , Jane demonstrated a liking for practical jokes that was to endure for his lifetime , and also a socially unpopular talent for manufacturing explosives . |
| 28 | A high level of commitment from the Enterprise Steering Committee , from the staff of the Enterprise Centre , from our employer partners , and from Napier staff and students has enabled the achievement of the ‘ strategic ’ aims that were outlined for the year . |
| 29 | On this basis the specific assumptions that were made for giving an attention focusing interpretation of the recognition results were that the types of risk present at generally dangerous junctions are of a different order to those at generally safe junctions . |
| 30 | This is in accord with the assumptions that were made for the attention focusing explanation given for the different relationship between risk and P(A) in the two cases . |