Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You made sure those words were learnt for the next day . |
| 2 | When the words were spoken for the third time , however , the divorce was irrevocable . |
| 3 | Those guidelines were produced for the police national computer mark I. It is now almost five years since they were published . |
| 4 | It then dawned on them that maybe sea legs were required for the following morning . |
| 5 | Remedies were sought for the lack of international liquidity and for the other causes of the decline in international trade — especially during the 1930s . |
| 6 | No ready-made solutions were offered for the problems posed . |
| 7 | Serum calcium and albumin concentrations were measured for the first 7 days and at least weekly for 4 weeks after treatment . |
| 8 | Joint Committee funds were sought for the SPRU component only . |
| 9 | Extra funds were earmarked for the reorganization of public administration in the police , the army , the judiciary and the civil and diplomatic services . |
| 10 | In Poplar , as elsewhere in the winter of 1902–03 , and in the still more severe distress of 1903–04 , public funds were opened for the ‘ relief of distress ’ , often sponsored by newspapers . |
| 11 | Twelve entries were submitted for the Group 's Competition for the design of a symbol for use by all the Centres . |
| 12 | Plenary sessions involving all four parties were planned for the following week . |
| 13 | All these jealousies and disappointments and doubts were forgotten for the time being in the face of adversity . |
| 14 | During the relaying of this track , the Marton trams operated in a complete circle , returning to Talbot Square via Royal Oak and Lytham Road , while the St. Annes blue cars were diverted for the first time to the Promenade at Talbot Square . |
| 15 | Smeed went on to argue that if drivers were charged for the delays they impose on one another , some of them would travel at different times , by different means or to different places — and that time wasted by everyone in jams would be reduced . |
| 16 | According to Judge Ovidiu Zarnescu , president of the Central Electoral Bureau , at the start of the campaign 5,716 candidates were nominated either as independents or by one of the 73 political parties for the 387 elective National Assembly seats and 1,584 candidates were nominated for the 119 Senate seats . |
| 17 | His eyes were peeled for the main chance — but where was it ? |
| 18 | Separate designs were evolved for the very different conditions of forest and savannah . |
| 19 | Birds and animals were settling for the night ; a nightjar churred , a mallard made a last leisurely circle near the riverbank and then disappeared , a moorhen called ‘ cock-cock-cock ’ to no one in particular . |
| 20 | These animals were noted for the white finching along their backs and were prominent throughout the English Midlands early in the eighteenth century , soon spreading southwards and westwards and also into Ireland 's central plain . |
| 21 | In the recent past , many thousands of these animals were exported for the pet trade . |
| 22 | ‘ Demands were made for the repayment of the moneys advanced to companies in the group , and when the demands were not met , the second and third defendants were appointed joint receivers of the assets of the first five plaintiffs , and of the assets specifically charged by the sixth and seventh plaintiffs . |
| 23 | Demands were made for the immediate distribution of gas masks , most notably by Foreign Minister David Levi on Aug. 20 . |
| 24 | He made his call at a meeting of high-level civil servants , police and military officers on Nov. 2 , three days before a House of Representatives debate on prostitution at which demands were made for the closure of all brothels nationwide . |
| 25 | As the NCF tried to come to terms with the fact that most of its supporters were opting for the Home Office scheme , bitter arguments broke out . |
| 26 | The following goals were established for the ten month secondment period : |
| 27 | Chariots were built for the races , painted lovely in red and azure |
| 28 | However , bistables based on individual transistors are sometimes used and valves were used for the purpose many years ago . |
| 29 | Six sites were shortlisted for the new buildings . |
| 30 | Transcript/srRNA hybridization signal ratios were compared for the wild-type and mutant strains . |