Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Belfast methods , on the other hand , were developed primarily for the study of closeknit communities — and indeed it is likely that they are particularly and rather generally suitable for urban or rural communities of this type . |
| 2 | He shut his eyes upon a rush of tears , and painfully contained them , but the springs of fondness in the middle of his being were weeping inconsolably for the stilling of the quick hands and the creative mind . |
| 3 | They were left on the car park , so people knew they were parked there for the night . |
| 4 | He made films that were designed basically for the drive-in movie , to be glimpsed between clinches . |
| 5 | The manufacturers of the robot arm have not advertised in the hobby electronics press for a long time and a disadvantage of their interface was that both software and hardware were designed specifically for the BBC computer . |
| 6 | The recent calculations were done only for the collision of an electron and a positron , a collision common in particle accelerators . |
| 7 | Crash runways were built nearby for the bombers returning from missions in Europe , and Free French forces were billeted in the village . |
| 8 | In Australia the absence of population in the great central deserts ensured that the stations were built more for the benefit of the trains than for the nonexistent passengers and goods . |
| 9 | Our investigations of characteristics of user establishments were made only for the private sector , since we assumed non-market forces to be of too great importance in the public sector to permit most of the relevant propositions to be tested . |
| 10 | Some were in use as fulling mills whilst others were used predominantly for the grinding of barley for brewing the monastery 's beer supply . |
| 11 | Female animals were used only for the less significant peace-offerings when animals of either sex could be sacrificed ( Lev . |
| 12 | The Head of Department replied that they were used mainly for the Sixth Form , for example , the History of Art' … my predecessor bought them for departmental use , but my belief is that kids should be actively involved in creative work , not passively looking at film — and we have difficulty with blackout , too'. ( verified note of meeting ) |
| 13 | They were heading straight for the belt of shrubbery where he and Larsen had taken cover , and which Larsen had just vacated . |
| 14 | In many fields , however , the use of cash limits , monitoring and sub-contracting served only to stabilize employment levels ( Table 5.8 ) in the face of growing demand ( for instance for health services , unemployment benefit or policing ) , and permanent reductions were shown principally for the civil service and nationalized industries . |
| 15 | Rice , coal and rubber were sold abroad for the exclusive benefit of French shareholders in Europe , and Annamese coolies were driven hard in the mines and on the rubber plantations for paltry pay ; peasant rice growers , too , were frequently robbed of their lands on flimsy pretexts so that bigger holdings could be granted to French colons and the few rich Annamese who collaborated with France . |
| 16 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |
| 17 | In times past , I had tried to get across to the continent as much as possible , but now , while other people were going abroad for the first time because of all the cheap travel around , I was ( without intending to be anti-social ) doing exactly the opposite and taking a look around the British Isles . |
| 18 | They were locked away for the closing stages of the case in Denver , Colorado , to prevent the tragedy influencing their decision . |
| 19 | From then on , Nos. 1–16 were transferred to the Sutton route in 1907 , and on which they were employed exclusively for the rest of their days . |
| 20 | Tissue samples were assessed biochemically for the neutrophil marker enzyme , myeloperoxidase , using the method of Krawisz et al . |
| 21 | Biopsy specimens taken a few cm distal to the splenic flexure and in the sigmoid colon were staiend with haematoxyline and eosin and were assessed blindly for the degree of inflammation . |
| 22 | Bath cup semi-final is just one of many big events this weekend … at Aintree they race the Grand National … while on the Thames they 'll be rowing the Boat Race … and today in London the Oxford and Cambridge crews were pulled together for the weigh-in … |
| 23 | Perhaps the more specific question to be asked is whether the charges of possession with intent were brought solely for the purpose of retaining the applicants in custody . |
| 24 | Similarly , statistically significant incremental responses of enteroglucagon to deoxycholate were found only for the three highest doses ( 3.3 mM : incremental response 4.9 ( 1.2 ) pmol/l/min , F 1 , 1 9 =6.8 , p<0.02 ; 10.0 mM : incremental response 10.7 ( 3.4 ) pmol/l/min , F 1 , 1 9 =27.8 , p= 0.00004 ; 30 mM : incremental response 10.1 ( 1.6 ) pmol/l/min , F 1 , 1 9 =20.9 , p=0.0002 ) ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 25 | Certain lands were set aside for the upkeep of religious and charitable foundations — the vakifs . |
| 26 | In more remote areas reserves were set aside for the igi indigenous hab , inhabitants . |
| 27 | They were appointed initially for the World Cup and then reappointed to take Wales through this season 's Five Nations Championship . |
| 28 | His descendants were to live here for the next 120 years . |
| 29 | Whatever the method chosen , these invitations were issued only for the more important — i.e. expensive — funerals ; those of lesser rank had to rely on word of mouth . |
| 30 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |