Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the ranks of the Party activists , the most common reported positive responses to the promulgation of the Nuremberg Laws were of approval for the formal legal framework for segregating Germans and Jews and regulating the treatment of the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , preparations were under way for the opening of two pedestrian passages through the Wall , on either side of the Brandenburg Gate . |
| 3 | There were three men and four women in the cast of Dangerous Corner , all of whom , save one , were under contract for the season . |
| 4 | The cameras were in court for a test run , not for broadcasting . |
| 5 | Within a week , one and a half million men , with abundant supplies , were in position for a massed attack . |
| 6 | Minnie and Dympna were in church for the Requiem Mass , but sat apart from the family . |
| 7 | Discussions were in progress for a mandatory EC-wide system of minimum technical standards for motor vehicles , which was expected to be in place by mid-1990 . |
| 8 | A temporary truce in the dispute had been reached in August , and talks were in progress for a new bilateral agreement to replace that concluded in 1960 . |
| 9 | The children who were in Pindown for the longest periods could receive more than £50,000 . |
| 10 | The Paris talks were in preparation for a meeting in September of the so-called " Paris Club " of creditor countries . |
| 11 | In September 1767 Leopold took his family once more to Vienna , where festivities were in preparation for the wedding of an archduchess . |
| 12 | In some cases this appears to have been due to privileged access to knowledge not yet available to those lower down the hierarchy , as in cases where plans were in preparation for the closure , merging or reorganisation of schools being proposed . |
| 13 | In 1941 , during the filming of Manpower , tension grew between Raft and co-star Edward G Robinson — they were in competition for the affections of Marlene Dietrich , besides which , Raft resented Robinson 's persistent advice on how to play his part . |
| 14 | After independence in Nigeria , for example , political conflict soon became conflict between sectional groups mobilized to support the political wings of the bourgeoisie who were in competition for the spoils of office . |
| 15 | And as he had her , he emitted grunts which he hoped were in character for the director of a man-made fibres company . |
| 16 | S 69 , FA 1985 , which replaced ss 124 , 125 , CGTA 1979 , and is itself now part of the Taxation of Capital Gains Act 1992 , makes it clear that , in connection with a retirement relief claim , a disposal of business assets is a disposal of the whole or part of a business , or a disposal of one or more assets which , at the time at which a business ceased to be carried on , were in use for the purposes of that business . |
| 17 | Last academic year 778 full-time students were in training for the ministry — it 's a flow that will maintain present manning levels , but no more . |
| 18 | Des was telling me about when they were in training for the Commandos . |
| 19 | Although the new Prime Minister , the sickly Galician Republican Casares Quiroga , preferred to discount the existence of a serious conspiracy , and although the conspirators ’ preparations had not been easy , by the early summer all but the final pieces were in place for a military rising with strong right-wing civilian support . |
| 20 | They gave the de Klerk proposals a cautious welcome but called for sanctions to remain strictly in force until all arrangements were in place for a new constitution and democratic elections . |
| 21 | By then , though , the television cameras were in place for the wedding , the cake had been baked , the crowds were already gathering on the pavement and the sense of happy anticipation was almost palpable . |
| 22 | Obviously you were in hospital for a number of weeks . |
| 23 | There was a lot of support from your colleagues if you were in trouble for the very reason that they knew if they gave you help , you 'd automatically give it them . |
| 24 | At the time of the revolt , the Queen and the Court were in residence for the summer at San Sebastian on Spain 's northern coast and once it became clear that her reign was at an end , Isabella crossed the frontier into France , asking Napoleon III for political asylum . |
| 25 | Plans were in hand for a ‘ consolidation ’ of land whereby in a complex ‘ swopping ’ system much larger blocks of land near to the buildings would be established for each farmer . |
| 26 | The ending of the War was marked first of all by an extra week 's holiday , but plans were in hand for a more permanent reminder of the " war to end all wars " . |
| 27 | MPs did have the opportunity for dalliance , away as they were from home for the best part of the week — and for more than half the year . |
| 28 | After the explosion , about 500 consumers in the surrounding area were without power for an hour . |
| 29 | They were on strike for the Charter which , in its six points , would give them the power to redress their own wrongs . |
| 30 | They were on strike for the right to vote , to elect men like themselves to positions of authority as the gentry and the millmasters now did — who would make laws not only to suit the needs of squires and of the middle-classes — but of the common man . |