Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially only orphaned , abandoned or destitute children were cared for by the state ; then those who were cruelly treated or delinquent ; and today any child who is deprived of normal home life on a temporary or permanent basis . |
| 2 | It was the special contribution of the ILEA , and in particular of the advisory team headed by Mr Leslie Ryder , that it considered what types of ancillary personnel were called for by the new methods , and their training and enter.relationships . |
| 3 | These , and the many other fine Victorian buildings in the city , were paid for by the fortunes made in the 19th century in the wool manufacturing and tailoring trades . |
| 4 | Acknowledging that it would appear unjust to pay higher allowances out of taxation to the middle classes , she argued that it would only be possible if the higher allowances were paid for by the income groups or occupations which benefitted from them . |
| 5 | Some such stations were paid for by the nobleman and maintained by him . |
| 6 | of the capital costs of the CTC programme , including those of the Telford college in my constituency , were paid for by the taxpayer ? |
| 7 | Those shows of identity were paid for by the pennies of miners and the barrier was imposed by the philistine , alien Government who do not know the difference between a work of art and a tin of baked beans . |
| 8 | As he said , two of those motorway crossings were paid for by the taxpayer . |
| 9 | The lack of a lock on the one and only toilet was compensated for by the frosted glass panels in the door . |
| 10 | H pylori was stained for by the modified Giemsa method . |
| 11 | He was cared for by the Sisters of Mercy at the Horsforth home for retired clergy . |
| 12 | He was cared for by the sisters of Bon Secours at Passy until his death 16 October 1886 , and was buried quietly in the cemetery of Père Lachaise in Paris . |
| 13 | The hologram 's face flickered momentarily , the programme uncertain what facial expression was called for by the question . |
| 14 | I can say to my honourable friend , the member for Rydale who takes such a close interest and is so well informed er on these matters , er I 'm very grateful to him for the welcome he 's given for the orders here , he 's absolutely right to say that we have gone beyond er what restrictive called for by Bingham , we have extended it to other sectors in the financial we welcomed the honourable gentleman from Edinburgh Central that these er orders are in some way timid , they are what was called for by the treasury select committee , they are what was proposed er by Bingham and we have er introduced them er here tonight . |
| 15 | First of all chairman we have put in this morning erm a paper on commitments which erm I think was asked for by the panel which is this document which should have been circulated er by now . |
| 16 | Then one day he was sent for by the refining director and given twenty-four hours to make up his mind about a posting to the United States . |
| 17 | After his return he was sent for by the Mamluk sultan who wished to learn from him the state of affairs in Rum ; and he entered Cairo on either 4 Safar 823/19 February 1420 ( Ibn Hajar and al-Sayrafi ) or Tuesday 4 Rabi'I 823/Tuesday 19 March 1420 ( al-Makrizi . |
| 18 | The minor drop in sales was accounted for by the Guardian joint disaster recovery venture with ICL ( CI No 1,664 ) but is not considered serious . |
| 19 | At the same time there was an increase in the proportion of the populations of most union republics that was accounted for by the titular nationality , an increase that was again most marked in Central Asia with its higher birthrates . |
| 20 | The majority of this expenditure was accounted for by the Department of Trade and Industry 's regional policy measures , which have concentrated aid on supporting investment in traditional , capital-intensive manufacturing industry . |
| 21 | Figures for the first quarter of 1991 showed a 7 per cent increase in gross domestic product ( GDP ) as compared with the same period in 1990 ; 42 per cent of this increase was accounted for by the manufacturing sector . |
| 22 | Nearly 90 per cent of the overall increase in the labour force of 3.1 million between 1971 and 1990 was accounted for by the increased participation of women . |
| 23 | A reduction of 7 per cent in total emissions last year was accounted for by the drop in industrial production , rather than stricter pollution controls , the report said . |
| 24 | It was paid for by the Coats family and cost a phenomenal £100,000 or £3,300,000 in 1990 terms . |
| 25 | The thing was paid for by the International Fund for Animal Welfare : animal welfare is obviously a good cash-flow business . |
| 26 | The rent on this new place , like the rent on all the places he 'd lived in since he arrived in the city , was paid for by the Social Security . |
| 27 | stated , for information , that Belgian scholarship students ' travel , to and from the training place , was paid for by the Trustees . |
| 28 | It was paid for by the WRVS in conjunction with Northern Arts . |
| 29 | It was paid for by the county using money from the national Transport Road Research Laboratory . |