Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we were looking for in Committee , and what the children 's legal aid centre was looking for , was a declaration that the Government 's signature to the United Nation convention on the rights of the child would be enshrined in the spirit of law in this country and that there would be independent panels that could look after the welfare of the children to ensure that their welfare was the primary consideration . |
| 2 | The main focus of the programme will be an exhibition providing information on mental illness and an historical view of how patients were cared for throughout history right up to the recent changes in local provision . |
| 3 | They were cared for by friends at their home in nearby Witney . |
| 4 | JUSTICE for all and a fair sharing of resources were called for by Bishop Konstant when he welcomed candidates who will become Catholics at Easter . |
| 5 | Books and stationery were charged for in addition . |
| 6 | If this were allowed for in factor input analysis , the productivity of manufacturing would be shown as correspondingly lower . |
| 7 | ‘ I am thinking , Miss Abernethie , she is perhaps wondering , Like myself , why you were sent for to Naples in the middle of the new-engaged couple 's holiday . |
| 8 | That was one of the many occasions when we were sent for after supper and beaten by the Library . |
| 9 | In that year about 21 per cent of all Africa 's earnings from exports were accounted for by payment of principal and interest on debt ; by 1987 the figure had fallen to 14 per cent and was likely to decrease further . |
| 10 | John Praty 's inventory totalled £23 , of which two-thirds were accounted for by livestock , implements , etc. , making him a farmer in all but name : he also held the lease of a mill in Birmingham . |
| 11 | Some 21 per cent of all flows into unemployment by men who had previously been employed were accounted for in this way , slightly more than were accounted for by redundancy ( 20 per cent ) or dissatisfaction with pay or conditions ( 19 per cent ) and considerably more than were accounted for by dismissals ( 10 per cent ) ( Wood , 1982 ) . |
| 12 | The summer figures showed three rock climbing fatalities out of a total of 22 deaths in the mountains , of which five were accounted for by illness . |
| 13 | Of the 35 , 15 were accounted for by Republican Clubs , who had only two candidates who kept their deposits ( see page 38 ) . |
| 14 | Some 21 per cent of all flows into unemployment by men who had previously been employed were accounted for in this way , slightly more than were accounted for by redundancy ( 20 per cent ) or dissatisfaction with pay or conditions ( 19 per cent ) and considerably more than were accounted for by dismissals ( 10 per cent ) ( Wood , 1982 ) . |
| 15 | Text could be created on the Macintosh or passed as a file from any other computer , graphics were catered for by MacPaint , Draw or business graphics programs like Microsoft Chart . |
| 16 | British purchases of European manufactures and other products were paid for with cash , with British manufactures , and with overseas produce . |
| 17 | These of course were paid for by Theo , Vincent regularly bought copies of the Graphic and London News , tearing out sheets to add to his stock . |
| 18 | When Edward I , Langshanks , waged his wars against Wales and Scotland , his armies were paid for by loans from Luccan bankers and when he reneged on the loans , the bankers went bust and Florence became the international financier of the day . |
| 19 | His statue was followed in all by 31 more dating from the 17 to the 19C , most of which were paid for by aristocrats , the University and religious orders throughout Bohemia . |
| 20 | That is the portrait of a don , a don in his supreme incarnation , a don going about the business that he was designed for by nature . |
| 21 | Branson found just the man he was looking for in James Kingsley , Professor of English Studies at Nottingham University . |
| 22 | Action was called for in matters both of housing quality and quantity , and of distribution according to need . |
| 23 | So , Darwin 's attempt to integrate evolutionary and physiological biology contributed indirectly to the unification that was called for in Wilson 's 1900 programme and that genetics was to secure . |
| 24 | A return to relationship banking , particularly longer-term relationships , in a time of great changes for the banks was called for by Sir Jeremy Morse KCMG , FCIB , in his address . |
| 25 | It was a hundred years of Open Championships since the Belt was played for at Prestwick . |
| 26 | As it developed , bureaucratic office-holding was competed for by members of noble families who formed patronage networks leading to factional feuds between rival clientages . |
| 27 | That this was an error was explained to the House by Lord Eversley , who then stated that ‘ the case was provided for by words which appear at the end of the clause ’ . |
| 28 | It was provided for in Section 28 of the Social Welfare Act 1992 . |
| 29 | A substantial amount of information which is necessary and which indeed was asked for by members of your I believe at a previous oral question time erm as to the number that were printed you may be shocked to know that one hundred copies were made which means that the total cost of this , I think you will agree , very worthwhile public information , was four hundred and sixty one pounds and twenty one pence . |
| 30 | Four points from four games is not the start Souness was hoping for in Liverpool 's centenary season . |