Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ELEVEN soccer fans were arrested for a variety of public order offences following Saturday 's Third Division soccer match between Hartlepool United and Stoke City . |
| 2 | Mass has been offered regularly in St Gerard 's School as funds were raised for a new church centre in Hemlington . |
| 3 | All three parties were braced for a possible photo-finish as the latest poll gave Labour a two-point lead — reduced from six in a similar survey a week ago . |
| 4 | Pest Control branches were scoured for a bubble big enough to get the van into , and the London East fumigators — Brian Bacon , Ian Buchan and Terry Hart carried out a successful fumigation . |
| 5 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 6 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 7 | The baths were closed for a fortnight at least , for a complete disinfection , a change of water , much stronger chlorification and new instructions for the cleansing of the feet of would-be bathers and a thorough check-up of the much higher chlorine addition . |
| 8 | Commons nearer to settlements were used for a variety of purposes . |
| 9 | The lizards were examined for a number of morphological characteristics such as body proportions and colour , weighed , and released into four adjoining enclosures , one for each group . |
| 10 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 11 | I listened to one choral song from Southwark Cathedral , prayers were said for a family whose names would mean nothing to the vast majority of listeners . |
| 12 | Two directors were suspended for a year and the chairman and manager banned from football for good . |
| 13 | In , all visual aids were used for a purpose . |
| 14 | Jane Barker 's first poems were written for a small coterie including many Cambridge scholars , along the lines of the ‘ Society of Friendship ’ of her literary model Katherine Philips [ q.v. ] ; and when she moved to London in the 1680s , some of these poems were published in the unauthorized Poetical Recreations ( 1688 ) . |
| 15 | THREE men who kidnapped Post Office security guards then threatened their families were jailed for a total 40 years yesterday . |
| 16 | In certain areas no figures were given for a good many parishes , even the values of some livings being omitted . |
| 17 | These qualities were reserved for a small minority of disinterested intellectuals whose insights into the great tradition of literature were said to develop in them a maturity of vision . |
| 18 | Tenders were sought for a prototype body , 50 feet long and 8 feet wide , clearances for which were tested with the remaining Coronations . |
| 19 | The author recalls that tenders were invited for a site for 40 bungalows in the West Country , overlooking the sea and a fishing village . |
| 20 | In December 1990 , tenders were invited for a consultancy in the privatization of eight of the twenty flagship state companies . |
| 21 | Actually , shellac was perhaps the least important constituent ; the most important was slate dust , whose abrasive and gritty properties were needed for a rather unusual reason . |
| 22 | Again the nine children were absent , and the Place of Safety orders were extended for a further twenty-one days . |
| 23 | An engineer designing a horseless carriage is not obliged to retain structural features that existed solely to adapt the carriage to the horse ( although , in fact , such primitive features were retained for a time ) . |
| 24 | No excuses were offered for a lacklustre performance on Saturday . |
| 25 | Some of the earliest reinforcements were used for a counter-attack by Linsingen and Bohm-Ermolli on the northern edge of Brusilov 's offensive . |
| 26 | Because the bodies were designed for a narrower gauge , two and one seating was provided on the upper deck of Nos. 1–16 . |
| 27 | Cotton also presented in 1987 17 patients , two ( 12% ) developed biliary related problems requring surgery , one having a stormy postoperative period but no deaths ; two had a second endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with duct clearance and five died of unrelated causes ; the remaining eight patients were followed for a mean of 39 months . |
| 28 | In 1989 , that is three years after the original gastroscopic screening , the same pernicious anaemia patients were called for a follow up gastroscopy . |
| 29 | Arrangements were made for a voluntary tutor to visit his home to supplement his studies . |
| 30 | Probably the first time that tsunami were blamed for a particular deposit was in Sir Edward Bailey 's brilliant exposition of the origin of the Upper Jurassic boulder beds in eastern Scotland , discussed in the last chapter . |