Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Group and subgroup means ( SEM ) were calculated for all of the proliferative data . |
| 2 | The 17-year-old Middlesbrough all-rounder took a hat-trick as Zimbabwe B were dismissed for 230 on the opening day of a four-day match at Harare Sports Club . |
| 3 | The veteran all-rounder produced his best innings for more than two years , being last out for 129 as India were dismissed for 215 in mid-afternoon . |
| 4 | But that proved to be more than enough as Amlwch were dismissed for 72 despite 31 from Jim Harrison . |
| 5 | He came back later to claim another victim and the hosts were dismissed for 126 with 5.2 overs remaining . |
| 6 | Against Pendle at Colne CC , Liverpool were dismissed for 53 despite a fine knock of 26 by skipper Mullins . |
| 7 | The 23-year-old , playing only his fifth Test , finished with a career-best 7-52 from 23.2 overs as the tourists , chasing 359 for victory , were dismissed for 219 despite a maiden Test century by opener Phil Simmons ( 110 ) . |
| 8 | They were dismissed for 118 in only 44 overs but redeemed themselves in the field , cutting an impressive swathe through the Railway Union batting to win by 39 runs . |
| 9 | Although Phil Ramage made a fighting 53 , the home team were dismissed for 116 by Dave Pennock ( 3 for 27 ) and Steve Donlan ( 3 for 18 ) . |
| 10 | Chauthala 's supporters were blamed for much of the fraud , and his continued survival as Chief Minister during March and April reflected his father 's influence at the central level . |
| 11 | The decision followed months of intense lobbying fuelled by reports that black African countries were pressing for one of their candidates , notably the former Finance Minister of Zimbabwe , Bernard Chidzero , as the next UN Secretary-General . |
| 12 | I 'll get in touch , I 'll give her a ring , because we actually , we were looking erm out of the twelve of you altogether we were looking for six of you to actually have your feet washed on Maundy Thursday evening at the , at the , the mass at the service on Maundy Thursday evening . |
| 13 | When the groups were matched for those with and without a history of previous attempts , the difference between patients admitted to the Centre and those who were not persisted . |
| 14 | The size of each domain-specific dictionary is shown in Table 4.3 Test documents were selected for each of the domains , approximating to 17 sentences in each ( the same documents as used in the early investigations in Chapter Three ) . |
| 15 | Test documents were selected for each of the fifteen domains , approximating 500 words in each . |
| 16 | During the litigation orders were made for certain of the defendants ' costs to be taxed on a standard basis . |
| 17 | In 1987 , 103,078 applications were made for one of these , and 53,297 issued . |
| 18 | CHRISTMAS holiday plans were ruined for thousands of people last night when their tour operator went bust . |
| 19 | Firstly , in the 1970s and '80s ad hoc epidemiological studies were used for all of the common ( >=1/10000); and most of the moderately common congenital abnormalities . |
| 20 | She would take herself out to lunch and do some shopping , look for those new lampshades that were needed for one of the spare rooms . |
| 21 | Malatie and her husband were prepared to make sacrifices so that their children might get a decent education : they were paying for two of them to attend a special boarding school for Harijans . |
| 22 | They were housed for most of the year with their ‘ Granny Jerram ’ in the Epsom grandstand , which was let to Henry Dorling in his capacity as clerk of the course . |
| 23 | Welshpool 2nds were skittled for 83 at home to Much Wenlock 2nds , but were saved by the rain with the visitors 30 without loss in reply . |
| 24 | Similar services were scheduled for later in the day in the Byelorussian capital 's two Orthodox churches . |
| 25 | Alan Dobson , Commissioning Manager , THORP Chemical Separation Process , said : ‘ This series of tests were scheduled for later in the year . |
| 26 | During 1990 additional minimum requirements were introduced for each of the CROWN classification bands . |
| 27 | As stated above , exceptions were introduced for those with very limited means , but these did not prevent a huge storm of protest at the time of the introduction of the new system . |
| 28 | The Dukeries field was ( and still is in many respects ) different from many others on all three of the components of a place , as illustrated not only by Sunley 's arguments ( following Krieger and others ) regarding the different social relations at the workplace , but also Waller 's ( 1983 , p. 235 ) that whereas the Dukeries villages were praised for many of their design aspects , ‘ the social and political institutions of the miners in the new South Yorkshire villages left much to be desired compared with traditional and long-established coalfields ’ . |
| 29 | In Canada it came to be known as ‘ The 10 Lost Years ’ , which were devastating for those on the prairies and very difficult for those in the cities . |
| 30 | Now The Trust Deed and rules were asked for prior to their consent and the company made it clear that they would not be available until after the new scheme commenced on the first October nineteen ninety and indeed it was some eight days later on the ninth October at er Trustee meeting that the company presented the Trust Deed and rules and it was resolved that the Committee of Management would er transfer all the close scheme members er into the new nineteen ninety scheme and er the same Trustees appointed themselves er Trustees of the nineteen ninety scheme and one hour later were the presentation of a draft deed amending the British Steel Pension Scheme and a draft interim Trust Deed establishing the British Steel Pension Scheme in nineteen ninety and a draft Trust Deed and rules of the British Steel Pension Scheme of nineteen ninety were tabled for noting ; and those very Trustees that were on the first meeting agreed to transfer the assets to the new scheme , set as Trustees of the new scheme one hour later , accepted the assets and er without er seeking either legal or actuarial advice and in this case er Watsons were advisors to the company to the old scheme Trustees and to the new scheme Trustees . |