Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I believe that positive steps were needed to build for the future , particularly with the wealth of young talent now available . |
| 2 | Earlier this season Golf Monthly readers were invited to enter for the event : 720 fortunate golfers ( three amateurs and one assistant ) were balloted to compete in eight qualifying events around the British Isles . |
| 3 | Instead of responding to a pair of words , readers were asked to look for specific relationships between a single word and a sentence . |
| 4 | The price the Jews were expected to pay for this help was cooperation and conformity . |
| 5 | Party opinion was mollified by the Derby Scheme of November 1915 , whereby the agents and activists of both parties were used to canvass for recruits ; the party organization was turned over entirely to recruiting and the scheme cost the party £29,000 . |
| 6 | Eight further political parties were formally legalized on Feb. 5 and other parties were encouraged to apply for registration . |
| 7 | Two hundred drinkers were forced to run for cover but she was unable to get clear and caught the full force of the blast . |
| 8 | Latin American Communists were directed to work for a ‘ democratic-bourgeois ’ revolution . |
| 9 | Odds ratios were calculated and unconditional multivariate logistic regression models were used to adjust for potential confounding by age at diagnosis and calendar period . |
| 10 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
| 11 | All the original crews were expected to volunteer for 45 sorties : by and large this meant in effect that each PFF crew would start a full Bomber Command tour of about 31 ) sorties . |
| 12 | Lothian and Borders fire crews were forced to call for extra assistance after the fire engulfed the kitchen and roof of Dean Park Primary School , a single-story building . |
| 13 | Two companies were invited to tender for the supply of 8 PCs ( later increased to 9 ) at identical specifications supplied by C Will . |
| 14 | Griffiths believed that a greater diversity of service options would develop if the independent sector , voluntary organizations and private companies were encouraged to compete for contracts for domiciliary and residential care services : indeed , there is evidence from initiatives in services for people with mental handicap that having a multiplicity of different service providers stimulates creative innovations in services in a way which monolithic public sector services seem slow to do . |
| 15 | The rebels were forced to sue for peace — and they received it , but only on condition that they too took the cross . |
| 16 | Delegates elected a 91-member general committee , including four women , and a 17-member executive committee ; places were reserved to allow for the boycotting groups to join later . |
| 17 | There can be no doubt , however , that funerary liability was a powerful inducement to save ; it was estimated in 1843 that between one-quarter and one-third of all deposits in savings banks were intended to provide for ‘ a respectable funeral . ’ |
| 18 | Because low profits also militated against the use of available funds for productive investment , investors were encouraged to search for short-term speculative ‘ killings ’ . |
| 19 | So that 's variance of reproductive er success and I mentioned I think last week , I anyway , the most extreme examples of this which is elephant seals where in once again a similar population to this , a closely studied population in California , five percent of the males were found to account for ninety five percent of the offspring in one season . |
| 20 | In the first months , when hostilities were expected to last for only a few months , party activity was hardly affected at all . |
| 21 | Method : Stains were left to dry for 24 hours ( old stains are the most stubborn ) . |
| 22 | No sex differences were found in the rate of problems but the difficulties were found to persist for one year in about two-thirds of these children and to persist for over five years in about one-third . |
| 23 | Only these 5 athletes were invited to attend for a medical examinaton . |
| 24 | An impressive range of intellectuals were persuaded to write for the UDC . |
| 25 | After adequate initial dilatation ( 15 mm ) , patients were instructed to attend for follow up at six to eight week intervals , or earlier in case of a recurrence of dysphagia . |
| 26 | At the county level representatives from lower levels were permitted to vote for candidates ; the secret ballot obtained only at this level . |
| 27 | It was not until 1965 , however , that the treaties were revised to provide for a single Commission and Council of Ministers . |
| 28 | Girls were encouraged to ask for help , play with dolls , take an interest in clothes and dressing up and stay close to parents and discouraged from being noisy and playing rough games . |
| 29 | The so-called citizenship campaign was launched in 1894 when members were urged to work for the return of women as poor law guardians . |
| 30 | For ‘ serious ’ misdemeanours such as fighting , miscreants were asked to account for their actions in a formal setting : the manager 's office . |