Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] was for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The access was never meant to be it was meant to be further in and and we all for well know , the permission was for a drive to come down through the wood , which would have been very attractive and a garage on the end of the property . |
| 2 | The contract was for a fixed term of five years . |
| 3 | The search was for a better glue , not a worse one . |
| 4 | The plan was for a short gathering , possibly not more than a month long , which would reassert the unity of the Church and its authority in matters of the faith . |
| 5 | The plan was for a show of swift action by a ‘ listening Government ’ to counter the demoralising effects of the Newbury and county council election disasters on May 6 . |
| 6 | The plan was for a plant bigger than one already operating at Wakefield in Yorkshire . |
| 7 | In Washington , a US defence official said : ‘ The plan was for a raid of high intensity and fairly short duration . ’ |
| 8 | A purchaser is only likely to avoid liability for dismissals before completion if either the dismissal was for a reason unconnected with the sale ( eg gross misconduct ) or the dismissal was sufficiently far in advance of completion that it was not connected with the sale . |
| 9 | In 1992/93 , the request was for a 40% increase on the previous year 's subscription from 50p per 1,000 population ( £371.50 ) to 70p per 1,000 population(£520.03) . |
| 10 | The demand was for a state-backed campaign to educate women and girls . |
| 11 | The claim was for a conciliation board , a national minimum rate of wages , a manning scale for stokehold , deck and galley , the abolition of medical examinations by a doctors privately appointed by the Shipping Federation offices , the right of seamen to a portion of their wages while in port and to have a representative present while signing on , the fixing of working hours and overtime rates and improved forecastle accommodation . |
| 12 | The call was for a silver-grey Mercedes with a damaged offside door . |
| 13 | Overall the preference was for a six hour course followed closely by the three hour course . |
| 14 | He told the magistrates the licence was for a car which had not been on the road for nine months . |
| 15 | It was held that such a grant where the application was for a full new licence constitutes a refusal and can be competently the subject of an appeal under 5.17(4) . |
| 16 | ‘ I am very upset because the stall was for a good cause . ’ |
| 17 | Presumably , the penalty was for a push on Ian Rush , although Liverpool looked as surprised as anyone . |
| 18 | They did n't tell Martinho what the situation was for a while , and then they preferred to get me to break it to him . |
| 19 | The battery was for a camping weekend — so that I could see at night . |
| 20 | I told him I did not know his friend Bill and the breakfast was for a man who was staying at the inn . |
| 21 | The conversion was for a technical reason — this was the third year of World War One and the dye for the paper was manufactured in Germany . |