Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 2 | It was not until 1965 , however , that the treaties were revised to provide for a single Commission and Council of Ministers . |
| 3 | When the converted attained the faith they were no longer merely formal Christians and were predisposed to work for a righteous world . |
| 4 | They were expected to continue for a month , with a 10-day break in early September . |
| 5 | The initial allocations ( $9½ billion spread over three years ) were expected to provide for a reasonable growth of reserves in the context of a staunching of the flow of dollars . |
| 6 | The peer review methods adopted by the Research Councils in the evaluation of research proposals were designed to provide for a fair distribution of national R & D funding , ( which some consider to be inadequate at present ) . |
| 7 | Linear and quadratic time trends were included to control for the upward trend in volume . |
| 8 | ( Age and sex were included to account for the changing age and sex structures of the populations between the censuses . ) |
| 9 | Other Somervillians who were selected to play for the University are Judith Buttigeig ( cricket ) , Mary Haslop ( fencing ) Jane Greenall ( football ) , Rose George and Ruth Roboski ( hockey ) , Katherine Walters ( netball ) and Anna Turner ( lacrosse ) . |
| 10 | DERBY were made to pay for a sloppy display of defending as Guy Whittingham scored after seven and 50 minutes to take his season 's tally to 29 . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I believe that positive steps were needed to build for the future , particularly with the wealth of young talent now available . |
| 12 | An impressive range of intellectuals were persuaded to write for the UDC . |
| 13 | ANTI-apartheid supporters around the world were told to prepare for the lifting of international sanctions against South Africa during an African National Congress conference yesterday . |
| 14 | 1897 the Royal Navy conducted a punitive expedition against Benin ( in what is now Nigeria ) and brought back to Britain a large number of bronze castings which were sold to pay for the raid . |
| 15 | The specifications were sent to seven suppliers who were invited to bid for the installation of a new system . |
| 16 | Only these 5 athletes were invited to attend for a medical examinaton . |
| 17 | It was only because we had the quality systems in place , okay we did n't have accreditation er at the time , but the quality systems were in place , that we were invited to tender for the Crossrail project for Rickmansworth station . |
| 18 | Two companies were invited to tender for the supply of 8 PCs ( later increased to 9 ) at identical specifications supplied by C Will . |
| 19 | A number of institutions were invited to tender for the contract to carry out research into the needs of the European manager . |
| 20 | Earlier this season Golf Monthly readers were invited to enter for the event : 720 fortunate golfers ( three amateurs and one assistant ) were balloted to compete in eight qualifying events around the British Isles . |
| 21 | For the peasantry , the terms of Emancipation , under which they were compelled to pay for the land , were a bitter disappointment . |
| 22 | 10 Which of these animals would you choose to be with if you were asked to pose for a magazine photograph ? |
| 23 | There might be a real risk of embarrassment to his full-time employers if he were asked to act for a client in his spare time who was on the other side of a case in which his main employers were engaged . |
| 24 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
| 25 | In the name of self-help , the Masai were asked to pay for the waterworks by selling cattle . |
| 26 | Centres approved to offer the unit were asked to tender for the pilot and Stevenson College , Anniesland College and QTAC , the business arm of Fife College , were selected to run it . |
| 27 | IN ANOTHER spectacular climbdown by East Germany , more than 6,000 East Germans , who had filled the West German embassy in Prague beyond bursting point , were allowed to leave for the West last night . |
| 28 | Priests were allowed to vote for the first time since the 1920s , due to the repeal of anti-clerical legislation in January [ see p. 38758 ] . |
| 29 | BL21(DE3) cells were transformed by each plasmid and the cells were grown at 37°C in an LB medium containing 100µg/ml ampicillin until A 600 reached 0.6 , at which time IPTG was added to a final concentration of 1.0mM and the cells were allowed to grow for an additional 3 hours . |
| 30 | At 8.00 p.m. on 16 July the trio were allowed to sail for the French island of New Caledonia . |