Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Belfast methods , on the other hand , were developed primarily for the study of closeknit communities — and indeed it is likely that they are particularly and rather generally suitable for urban or rural communities of this type . |
| 2 | They were left on the car park , so people knew they were parked there for the night . |
| 3 | He made films that were designed basically for the drive-in movie , to be glimpsed between clinches . |
| 4 | The manufacturers of the robot arm have not advertised in the hobby electronics press for a long time and a disadvantage of their interface was that both software and hardware were designed specifically for the BBC computer . |
| 5 | A party from Wick High School were booked in for the weekend . |
| 6 | For some good reason no Hurricanes were available and orders were telephoned through for the Fulmars to get airborne and gain altitude over Hal Far . |
| 7 | The recent calculations were done only for the collision of an electron and a positron , a collision common in particle accelerators . |
| 8 | Finished cloth and yarn were hung out for the approval of the merchants and their servants , the broggers , as they rode round the countryside in search of spun yarn and woven cloth . |
| 9 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 10 | Crash runways were built nearby for the bombers returning from missions in Europe , and Free French forces were billeted in the village . |
| 11 | In Australia the absence of population in the great central deserts ensured that the stations were built more for the benefit of the trains than for the nonexistent passengers and goods . |
| 12 | Our investigations of characteristics of user establishments were made only for the private sector , since we assumed non-market forces to be of too great importance in the public sector to permit most of the relevant propositions to be tested . |
| 13 | Children were out playing in the schoolyards , shouting and enjoying the sunshine ; shops were closed up for the dinner hour . |
| 14 | Some were in use as fulling mills whilst others were used predominantly for the grinding of barley for brewing the monastery 's beer supply . |
| 15 | Female animals were used only for the less significant peace-offerings when animals of either sex could be sacrificed ( Lev . |
| 16 | The Head of Department replied that they were used mainly for the Sixth Form , for example , the History of Art' … my predecessor bought them for departmental use , but my belief is that kids should be actively involved in creative work , not passively looking at film — and we have difficulty with blackout , too'. ( verified note of meeting ) |
| 17 | They were cleaned up for the arrival of summer and then it was not unusual if they were repaired before the onslaught of winter . |
| 18 | He sent her some of his notes of what he had seen in their walks and frequently let her see his ‘ papers ’ before they were copied out for the editors . |
| 19 | Schemes of the same kind were drawn up for the forests of Chute , Pickering and Knaresborough , and in the soke of Somersham within the forest of Huntingdon , which the Attorney-General reported ‘ had not been in use for a long time past . |
| 20 | The boundaries were drawn up for the Directive on a Commune by Commune basis with the vast majority of Communes being entirely allocated to one or other LFA zone . |
| 21 | With competition becoming intense the first set of Motor Racing rules were drawn up for the Paris-Amsterdam-Paris race of 1898 . |
| 22 | PREMIER John Major and his bungling sidekick Norman Lamont were shown up for the joke double act they are yesterday . |
| 23 | In many fields , however , the use of cash limits , monitoring and sub-contracting served only to stabilize employment levels ( Table 5.8 ) in the face of growing demand ( for instance for health services , unemployment benefit or policing ) , and permanent reductions were shown principally for the civil service and nationalized industries . |
| 24 | Rice , coal and rubber were sold abroad for the exclusive benefit of French shareholders in Europe , and Annamese coolies were driven hard in the mines and on the rubber plantations for paltry pay ; peasant rice growers , too , were frequently robbed of their lands on flimsy pretexts so that bigger holdings could be granted to French colons and the few rich Annamese who collaborated with France . |
| 25 | Staff who helped care for American casualties were invited back for the occasion … along with a cavalcade of military vehicles from the second world war . |
| 26 | They were locked away for the closing stages of the case in Denver , Colorado , to prevent the tragedy influencing their decision . |
| 27 | At the back of the house was a lock-up gaol and if any one caused any trouble they were locked up for the night , then transported the next morning by the local ‘ taxi ’ , which was a horse and cart , to the police station at Brough to be tried . |
| 28 | Those worth £5 — £19 were roped in for the second loan , in 1523 , so paying a total of 15 per cent , not so very much less than what was expected of the £20 men , and of course a proportionately heavier burden . |
| 29 | RUGBY Union rookies Tony Underwood and Martin Hynes received a boost to their England hopes yesterday when they were called up for the today 's game against Leicester . |
| 30 | From then on , Nos. 1–16 were transferred to the Sutton route in 1907 , and on which they were employed exclusively for the rest of their days . |