Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [vb pp] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 2 | Analysis of covariance for possible factors affecting mean hearing thresholds was carried out for each of the four different types of ear . |
| 3 | Hereford were further rocked in the 52nd minute when player-coach Greg Downs was sent off for a professional foul on striker Mickey Spencer . |
| 4 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 5 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |
| 6 | And then it was thanks for the drinks and time to get back as another gang of wallies was booked in for one o'clock . |
| 7 | A dynamic study of the posterior lung fields was carried out for the first 15 minutes after injecting the radiolabelled leucocytes . |
| 8 | The arrival of the Italian soldiers was held up for a time while the Italian government bargained for an Italian to command the UN forces ( the commander is , as it happens , a Brazilian ) . |