Example sentences of "[was/were] [indef pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More people owned motor cars than previously : by 1956 there was one car for every three people in the United States ; in France and Britain the figure was one for every thirteen people . |
| 2 | On the second day we went out climbing again but the assessors — there was one for every two candidates — constantly posed us with problems to find out how we would deal with rescues and emergencies . |
| 3 | They did not act since the case was one for the Russian authorities alone . |
| 4 | The fighting season 1346–7 was one for the English to remember . |
| 5 | As Mr Smith admitted : ‘ It was anything for a quiet life , ’ and Jennie had her way . |