Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new administration was given responsibility for preparing for the forthcoming general election and drafting a new constitution . |
| 2 | The original intention in the present work was to use GeoRef for checking the publication history of the thesis research . |
| 3 | The original intention in the present work was to use GeoRef for checking the publication history of the thesis research . |
| 4 | From long experience he knew that one of the roads to problem solving was to allow time for the sub-conscious mind to operate . |
| 5 | But she gave herself up to police and told them her real motive was to win attention for emotional problems . |
| 6 | The greatest joy was to make camp for the night and savour the smell from the cooks ' fires as supper was prepared . |
| 7 | His latest coup was to give permission for the coronation of the kabaka ( king ) of Buganda , the ancient kingdom that lies within Uganda , to go ahead this July . |
| 8 | A coalition was formed in June 1757 in which Pitt ran the war , and justified his claim ‘ I know that I can save this country , and I know that no other man can ’ , while the Duke of Newcastle made sure that the majority in the House of Commons realized that their business was to vote money for Pitt 's military operations without too much fuss . |
| 9 | Mbayo was assigned responsibility for transport , mineral resources and public works , Bio for finance , foreign affairs and information and Kambo for labour , commerce and land matters . |
| 10 | Mrs Wallace Reid , however , told the press the truth — that her husband was having treatment for morphine addiction . |
| 11 | In the end , the compromise was to give permission for the new blocks of apartments , but to require that the remains of the grottoes be restored as a feature in the new development . |
| 12 | Her collarbone was ambushing her with surprise guerrilla raids of searing pain while her head was screaming revenge for the ordeals it had undergone during the past twelve hours . |
| 13 | Subroto was re-appointed Secretary-General for a further three years after his re-appointment was initially opposed by Iraq . |
| 14 | The Gulbenkian Foundation was exploring training for the performing arts , and by the middle of the decade the CNAA found itself confronting the complex range of elements of the creative and performing arts in its existing courses , and expressions of interest by institutions proposing specialist courses — notably in drama and in dance and movement . |
| 15 | The extension was to allow time for fresh nominations . |
| 16 | Another woman was awarded relief for her bastard child , " upon their appearing and not showing why they should not " . |
| 17 | Then , donning his philosophical idealist heritage , Sadler quoted Aristotle to remind his readers that the purpose of the State was to enhance life for its citizens : ‘ the State was formed to make life possible , and exists to make life good ’ . |
| 18 | Moreover , as Alexander 's reign proceeded the government was given cause for alarm by the most radical section of the educated public : the revolutionary wing of the intelligentsia . |
| 19 | His brevet ( his flying wings in other words ) was situated some two or three inches above the pocket and when this error was pointed out to him by the more die-hard RAF characters he pointed out that the space was to make room for the VC , the DSO and the DFC . |
| 20 | In addition to answering Questions and the handling of all departmental business in the Commons , the Parliamentary Secretary was given responsibility for legal aid and the development of legal services ; relations with the Land Registry and Public Record Office ; some budget and resource matters ; and equal opportunities and women 's issues outside the judicial context . |
| 21 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 22 | For Diana to become Patron of Relate was an exceptionally brave thing to do when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage |
| 23 | Coghill was to do Measure For Measure . |
| 24 | Mr. Leonard Coote , the out-going Vice-President was elected President for a two-year term in succession to Mr. Andy Heffernan who had completed a two-year term . |
| 25 | She was suffused with indignation , but it did not appear Shildon had taken anything and the more urgent matter was to get help for Tavett . |
| 26 | The sum was to cover compensation for the notional difference between the actual cost of the house , and what they would have paid if the defect had been known beforehand — it was not to cover the cost of the repairs . |
| 27 | Cakes , Easter gifts and toys contributed £75 to club funds , while the Traidcraft stall was making money for communities in the Third World . |
| 28 | Two army officers had been sentenced to prison terms for an attack on unarmed demonstrators in Santiago Atitlán in December 1990 , when 16 were killed and 24 wounded [ see p. 37912 ] , and another army officer was awaiting trial for the murder in September 1990 of anthropologist Myrna Mack [ see p. 37707 ] . |
| 29 | Its primary purpose was to make room for the large number of civilian air-raid casualties which were expected in the big cities . |
| 30 | My father 's way of showing his gratitude was to collect money for the Fund on Wings Day which commemorates the Battle of Britain . |