Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [was/were] for the " in BNC.

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1 One can only surmise that this arrangement was for the programming convenience of the television station which covered the matches .
2 Interestingly , at the time of Burgess ' model , Sneinton and Radford were still on the outskirts of the city and this housing was for the workers at the Players , clothing , and Raleigh factories .
3 The nucleus of each village was for the most part made up of the Frelimo guerillas who had fought in the liberation struggle .
4 The trains were designed to accommodate patients in the central vehicles , those at either end were for the convenience of the staff , stores , etc. , and in the military trains , the ward or hospital cars had a pharmacy car in the centre .
5 The tribunal decided that the payment related to a standard-rated supply of services by the tenant in the course of his business because ( a ) the landlord provided consideration , and ( b ) that consideration was for the tenant doing something ( signing the lease with the repair clause ) .
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