Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some argue that centralisation and national uniformity were fine for the era of mass production , but that the service-based economy of the future demands diversity . |
| 2 | but erm that was erm financed of course by the Ministry of Labour at erm as the erm Education Department were responsible for the the general administration of it |
| 3 | Median ( range ) symptom scores at the lowest glucose concentration were similar for the two insulins ( total score : human 8 ( 0–21 ) v porcine 6 ( 0–31 ) ( 95% confidence interval -4 to 3 , Z =0.54 , p=0.59 ) ; autonomic score : 3 ( 0–9 ) v 3 ( 0–10 ) , ( -2 to 2 , Z =-0.25 , p=0.79 ) ; and neuroglycopenic score : 2 ( 0–16 ) v 5 ( 0–21 ) , ( -3.5 to 2 , Z =-0.47 , p=0.63 ) ) . |
| 4 | The U-boat activity and the occupation of part of France by the enemy were responsible for the food shortages , which sent prices soaring . |
| 5 | Genetic changes in both host and parasite were responsible for the evolved differences in virulence . |
| 6 | It was agreed that only two members of the committee were necessary for the bingo sessions . |
| 7 | The rise of the Elizabethan merchant class , however , meant that capital and management were available for the exploitation of both land and people . |
| 8 | The landowner claimed that Antonio Gilvan da Cruz and the son of the community 's political leader were responsible for the incident and at about 4am on 28 November 1990 , a group of eight armed men arrived at the Custodio house in a remote corner of the Truka land . |
| 9 | A recent survey conducted by the accountancy firm Arthur Anderson showed that four out of 10 companies in the Community were unprepared for the new VAT regime . |
| 10 | If the right hon. Gentleman were responsible for the matter , we are assured that today he would be doing exactly nothing about it . |
| 11 | So although those carers in the action sample were grateful for the help they received from the Home Support Project ( and almost without exception carers throughout the action samples expressed the same sentiment ) , there is scant evidence that it contributed to allaying feelings of strain . |
| 12 | The rainwater goods , a mixture of plastic , asbestos and cast iron were fit for the scrap heap . |
| 13 | THE NATIONAL Commission for Human Rights in Mexico maintains that ‘ it is probable ’ that chiefs of police and subordinates in Morelos State were responsible for the ‘ disappearance ’ and ‘ probable homicide ’ of Jose Ramon Garcia Gomez . |
| 14 | Analysis of secondary schools in the south east revealed a minority were responsible for the majority of all exclusions in the area . |
| 15 | Throughout the 1970s , central and local government were responsible for the publication of a range of plans and reports designed to re-invigorate an area whose economic base might have disappeared , but one with tremendous opportunities and where almost 50,000 people still lived ( Ambrose , 1986 ) . |
| 16 | The Government were responsible for the preservation of law and order , and must assume the responsibility of a collective decision on the risks to law and order which the abolition of the death penalty might involve . |
| 17 | Dieppe , with its narrow streets and harbour set between chalk cliffs 150 feet ( 50m ) high , was the intended target of a commando and RM Division raid , as soon as sufficient craft were available for the simultaneous landing of a division . |
| 18 | The results and significance were similar for the earlier series although more pronounced ( Table III ) . |
| 19 | It is therefore unlikely that microsporidia were responsible for the symptoms in a relevant proportion of the patients reported here , especially thse at early disease stages and those without detectable secondary infection , as intestinlam microsporidiosis is apparently associated with low CD4 counts in the peripheral blood . |
| 20 | Local studies have established a direct connection between rising prices and annual illegitimacy ratios , suggesting that frustrated wedding plans rather than promiscuity were responsible for the increased number of bastards . |
| 21 | Both the microscope slide and the culture were positive for the gonococcus . |
| 22 | Once again , however , defensiveness won the day and when the Strathclyde Centre circulated forces asking them to co-operate in the venture , a decision was taken to withhold co-operation and a circular went round to this effect , suggesting the existing Home Office funded PRSU ( Police Research Services Unit ) and the Home Office Research and Planning Unit were adequate for the needs of the service . |
| 23 | Naturally , no one could move into any of the new flats until the presidential apartments in the palace were fit for the top comrades , so the Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism took on a ghostly lifeless quality with its empty layer of flats and its vacant shops on the ground floor . |
| 24 | About 30 close friends and family were present for the 40-minute service at Putney Vale Crematorium , south-west London . |
| 25 | Although the conditions up the slope were ideal for the more experienced , they were too strong for novice pilots . |