Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grounds of Midway Manor were transformed for the evening , with a candlelit drive leading guests up to the manor house where hot air balloons offered rides above the parkland . |
| 2 | Those theses with related papers being published several years before submission were presented for the degree of D Sc , which , as previously described , is granted on the basis of a scientist 's record of published work in a subject field . |
| 3 | Those theses with related papers being published several years before submission were presented for the degree of D Sc , which , as previously described , is granted on the basis of a scientist 's record of published work in a subject field . |
| 4 | Although one suspects that the extreme rural and intermediate rural areas would be reduced in area if the same exercise were repeated for the 1981 census ( unfortunately it has n't and anyway would be difficult to do so since local authority boundaries have changed since 1971 ) , the analysis did allow Cloke ( 1978 ) to compare degrees of rurality between 1961 and 1971 , and to produce a three-fold typology of rural areas that were becoming increasingly non-rural , were static or becoming increasingly rural , and to produce maps of these three types for each of the four rural areas shown in Figure 5.5 . |
| 5 | According to an anecdote told in Herbert 's autobiography , copies of the portrait were made for the queen , for Richard Sackville , the third Earl of Dorset , and , in miniature by Isaac Oliver , for Lady Aeres ( a copy at University College , Oxford , may be one of these ) . |
| 6 | Two rooms and a telephone were reserved for the CAB and , with a list of appointments prepared by the company , clients were called over the tannoy system to avoid queues . |
| 7 | Their social characteristics , the type of crime of which they were accused and the district in which the crime took place were recorded for the period 1896 — 1905 ( Appendix A ) . |
| 8 | The local ethical committee 's approval and patients ' informed consent were obtained for the study . |
| 9 | The pulse arrival times at the observatory were corrected for the Earth 's rotation and orbital motion using the Jet Propulsion Laboratory barycentric ephemeris DE200 ( ref. 7 ) to refer them to the Solar System barycentre . |
| 10 | Two different sources of marble within this same quarry group were exploited for the roof and the wall blocks . |
| 11 | Twenty pounds of butter was enough for the lease of two and a half desiatiny of land for five years.l Five pudy of linseed cake were exchanged for the approaching harvest of a desiatin of wheat . |
| 12 | Tithes of reed were reserved for the local priest on the Somerset Levels , and Chaucer 's monk cast an entirely practical eye on the local birdlife : ‘ he liked a swan best , and roasted whole . ’ |
| 13 | Ground improvements and publicity were used for the same purpose , and so that football should reach as wide a public as possible , Chapman persuaded the Examiner to publish a Saturday sports edition , the first issue of which appeared on 10 January , 1925 . |
| 14 | On Feb. 26 , 1990 , Silvia Dussan , a journalist working for the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) , became the fourth journalist to be murdered by suspected right-wing paramilitaries in 1990 ( 12 were murdered in 1989 ) , who the same day were blamed for the murder of Diana Cardona Saldarriaga , the left-wing Patriotic Union ( Unión Patriótica — UP ) mayor of Apartado . |
| 15 | Aristide , in turn , had assured the OAS that he was willing to find a " national solution " to the crisis , one which would safeguard the rights of all sections of society , if respect were shown for the Constitution and if his presidency were recognised . |
| 16 | The constitutional rights of the people which exist on paper were withheld for the sake of national unity . |
| 17 | Similar results to those shown in the example were achieved for the other estate agents sentences tested using this simple analyser . |
| 18 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 19 | No further such attacks on Armenian territory were reported for the rest of May , but on May 11 it was reported by Armenian officials that Getashen and Martunashen had been razed , and their populations of several thousand people deported . |
| 20 | Some without experience of validation were praised for the high standard and clarify of their documentation . |
| 21 | NEW MODEL ARMY were confirmed for the gig last week and now KILLING JOKE and THE HENRY ROLLINS BAND join the bill , with one more act still to be announced . |
| 22 | Decalogue V and VI , A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love were made for the cinema . |
| 23 | But the benefits of such progress were reserved for the white-skinned Christian Europeans . |
| 24 | Large amounts of money were collected for the Campaign , while the Communist Party was able to supply many full-time workers for the Committee 's various activities . |
| 25 | Only first conceptions as a result of artificial insemination were used for the analysis . |
| 26 | Among other parties , unexpectedly low levels of support were recorded for the Green Party ( which did , however , win seats in the Slovak National Council ) , the Socialist Party and Social Democrats . |
| 27 | white and light green oxide were used for the dabs of pale green on the lining fabric , and a scumble of pure white was used to highlight the grey around the backs of the shoes . |
| 28 | At the review , Panel Members who knew the children from the previous case were called for the Hearing . |
| 29 | The public were prepared for the change by an illustrated leaflet , and the cars carried illuminated Pay As You Enter signs . |
| 30 | The best climbers in the school were picked for the hunt and they set out , one on each shelf . |