Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Delay times were rearranged for the consonant groups in the list for each trial so that particular consonant groups were not always associated with the same delay time . |
| 32 | You believe we were attacked for the same reason and probably by the same person . |
| 33 | The Serbian Foreign Minister and Montenegrin Interior Minister were nominated for the corresponding federal posts . |
| 34 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 35 | According to Judge Ovidiu Zarnescu , president of the Central Electoral Bureau , at the start of the campaign 5,716 candidates were nominated either as independents or by one of the 73 political parties for the 387 elective National Assembly seats and 1,584 candidates were nominated for the 119 Senate seats . |
| 36 | In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , the native pinewoods — one of the last extensive remnants of the north European forests — were looted for the English navy . |
| 37 | To nine patients out of ten she was the first hospital sister with whom they had been confronted , and the great majority , when they walked , were pushed , or were carried for the first time through the double doors of our main entrance , were very apprehensive and trying to hide the fact . |
| 38 | Because the bodies were designed for a narrower gauge , two and one seating was provided on the upper deck of Nos. 1–16 . |
| 39 | But , increasingly , films look like they were designed for the small screen . |
| 40 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 41 | It was nice of them to let me join in , they were very patient , but you could see they were itching for a good game and I 'm just hopeless . |
| 42 | In this study , this was achieved by examining the estimated kilometre square populations together with those which were reported for the same areal units in the 1971 Census of Population . |
| 43 | Growth rates of 3 per cent per annum for industrialized countries , and 5.1 per cent for industrializing countries , were forecast for the 1990s . |
| 44 | During this stage quadratic harmonic potentials were included for the covalent geometry , a square-well quadratic term was used for the distances and dihedral restraints , and a quartic potential was used for the van der Waals term ( F- repel ) . |
| 45 | This carried them to the Plain of Finuval where the shattered remnants of the Elf armies were assembling for a desperate last stand . |
| 46 | Species that were numerous around the boat and which were caught for a cursory examination only ’ were released again alive , ‘ the operation ’ , Gould maintained , giving ‘ not the least pain to the bird , the point of the hook merely taking hold in the horny and insensible tip of the beak . ’ |
| 47 | The National Westminster Bank Sevens , at Sydenham , were won for a third successive time by Brynteg CS , who enjoyed a comfortable semi-final against St Benedict 's , 20-4 , before a demanding final against Campion , 10-6 . |
| 48 | Both awards were won for the second year in succession . |
| 49 | Banana splits still solved acute hunger problems but gorgeous undies were forgotten for the first time . |
| 50 | The fact that they were considered for the Swedish national side in 1965 cut no ice with discerning Athletico fans . |
| 51 | A Christmas tree was put up in Moscow 's Red Square for the first time , and on Christmas Eve the bells of St Basil 's Cathedral in Red Square were rung for the first time since 1917 . |
| 52 | But inevitably , others in the company were pressing for a greater commercial awareness . |
| 53 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 54 | Along with the technology came the new scientific breed of brewers , and the skills of brewing chemists , administrators and engineers were harnessed for the first time . |
| 55 | In turn , Amritsar became the depot for piece goods , copper , and brass which were destined for the Central Asian markets . |
| 56 | These were done for a particular customer that wanted them buffed . |
| 57 | Canary yellow , no. 108 , ochre , No. 184 and brown ochre , No. 182 were applied for the golden glazes on the coffee pot , cup and saucer , with an ultimate highlight of white . |
| 58 | At least in one case prayers were said for the brave men fighting on both sides . |
| 59 | But , more than that , his predilection for Neath players deprived the club of their own best talent so that when they would otherwise have been training for the league , instead they were training for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 60 | Police were searching for the missing bicycle , but the announcer said nothing about the missing hair . |