Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were also calls for better information systems to monitor conditions . |
| 2 | There were also calls for better enforcement by the Law Society of the current regulations , and for greater practical assistance to sole practitioners and new firms , perhaps along the lines of ‘ Best Practice ’ . |
| 3 | The frottola and madrigal were evidently good commercial lines — though there were also madrigals for ceremonial occasions . |
| 4 | There were also opportunities for overseas travel related to study and meeting foreigners for those attending the larger universities and colleges in the major cities . |
| 5 | And they were also markets for manufactured goods . |
| 6 | The stink told me that the heaps were also depositories for organic matter that did n't even have the excuse of being fertilizer . |
| 7 | And to think that calls was only tuppence for three minutes . |
| 8 | I went to only had er there was about between twenty five and thirty in each year and there was only form for each year so I say |
| 9 | And in the storm of emotion that threatened to overwhelm her there was only room for one thought . |
| 10 | For the record , then , here are six skylines which for me crystallise the quality of the whole 50 I completed ( though in the end there was only room for 45 ) . |
| 11 | He was already postmaster for foreign posts ; he now obtained the rights in a new office — the Letter Office of England ; and the secretaries of state , who became ex officio postmasters-general in the same year , made him their deputy . |
| 12 | They arrived there with about twenty minutes to go before lunch , which was just time for general introductions and for Leith to be shown her room , wash her hands and rejoin Naylor , Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood , and Travis downstairs . |
| 13 | All the windows that side o' the 'ouse shattered and then there was just silence for 'alf a minute or so . |
| 14 | It was not diversity for environmental reasons , towards a cleaner source of energy . |
| 15 | Recognising that this was hardly fodder for mainstream publishers , he and Pope promptly set up their own publishing company , X Press . |
| 16 | A round table served for working and dining , and there was still room for various arm chairs , occasional chairs and side tables . |
| 17 | Anyone could tell that Kate and James had everything they wanted — except , perhaps , children , and there was still time for those . |
| 18 | It was clearly time for political scientists to reassess their pluralist perspective on interest groups : groups were real enough but were they still a " good " thing ? |
| 19 | There was also consideration for two railways , one from Beverley and one from Bridlington , neither of which came to fruition . |
| 20 | The celebrations were for having pulled it off , but it was also time for many people who had been involved in the project to leave . |
| 21 | There was also pressure for some degree of autonomy from minorities in Kurdestan , Azerbaijan and Baluchistan , from Turcomans in Khorasan and from Arabic-speakers in Khuzestan . |
| 22 | There was n't time for more . |
| 23 | There was n't room for two good friends , let alone people who hardly knew each other , to work at the same time . |
| 24 | I could n't stay in Holloway because there was n't room for sentenced women . |
| 25 | Carrie walked behind because there was n't room for three on the path , but she was n't afraid . |
| 26 | It was then time for all other mechanical parts to be cleaned , checked for wear , remade where needed and reassembled , which turned out to be a long job as some parts like the track rod ends , king pins and bushes had to be made anew . |
| 27 | When , in the mid-1980s , over three million of those between 16 and 65 were unemployed , there was certainly pressure for those in their late fifties and early sixties to leave the labour force and little encouragement for those over 65 to stay on . |