Example sentences of "[was/were] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But expensive as these things were for a king of a small country , they were not the crippling drain on his purse that genuine warfare would have been . |
| 2 | Needless to say the proposed settlement — widely publicised — drew a good deal of criticism , almost entirely from the Left who were for a variety of reasons extremely hostile to white Rhodesians . |
| 3 | Never in my life have I seen social security payments abound unless they were for a pound of flesh . |
| 4 | The new National Front government 's foreign policy objectives , as outlined in the President 's address on Dec. 20 , 1989 , were for a strengthening of links with India 's neighbours and co-operation through the medium of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) , continued dialogue with China leading to a resolution of the two countries ' border dispute , development of the traditional friendship with the Soviet Union and of a new relationship with the United States , and economic co-operation with Japan and the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 5 | They 're not exactly specialist agencies but they have a great deal of experience and they have a commitment to a certain kind of research , and they have , I mean we 've had our run-ins with them as it were , but they have listened , and they 've supported some of our work as well , and I think that they in time will provide a kind of model as it were for a number of erm perhaps less experienced agencies throughout the world , newly set-up ones , as to how it is possible to do consistently good logical rational work in the face of the chaos that a disaster produces . |
| 6 | Our client 's initial requirements were for a loan of eighty six thousand pounds being sixty thousand pounds for the business and a further twenty six thousand pounds on house mortgage to cover any monies the bank had required our client to provide overdraught facilities were also required . |
| 7 | Sometimes she dared to wonder at the causes for this way of life , for she could see that it did not represent a normal attitude towards society , though it was so deeply bred in her that all aberrations from it were for the rest of her life to seem to her perverse : but when , occasionally , she glimpsed some faint light of causation , she recoiled from it and shut her eyes in horror , preferring the darkness to such bitter illumination . |
| 8 | They were for the day after tomorrow . |
| 9 | Ruth guessed that the seating arrangements were for the benefit of whoever might be watching their departure , and that they would not prevail . |
| 10 | I mean , if you think about it , supposing sex were for the benefit of the species . |
| 11 | They were for the entertainment of the workers in their lunch break er , it was n't really much of a job but er , I kept applying to go onto the floor to actually work on the aircraft but they , they would n't sort of er , I was needed too much in the receiving departments so in the end I left . |
| 12 | Other plans were for the expansion of community care facilities , including support for families caring for a mentally ill relative , and more hostels and day centres . |
| 13 | There were leaders about it in all the newspapers , societies were for the defence of Humpty and Big Ted , and I actually heard two young City whizzkids reminiscing about the Playschool clock on the tube . |
| 14 | The petitions were for the introduction of French and German as main subjects ; the former was admittedly already in the syllabus , but was taught on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons , not iii the main timetable . |
| 15 | The trains were designed to accommodate patients in the central vehicles , those at either end were for the convenience of the staff , stores , etc. , and in the military trains , the ward or hospital cars had a pharmacy car in the centre . |
| 16 | These were for the demobilization of all irregular " armed formations " throughout Yugoslav territory ( by midnight on July 18 ) , for the return of Slovenia 's borders to the situation prior to June 25 ( by midnight on July 16 ) , the release of all troops and the return to the JNA and the police of goods and equipment seized in Slovenia ( by midnight on July 15 ) and the lifting of blockades ( by midnight on July 13 ) . |
| 17 | One of his successors , Lord Fisher , explained that gaiters were for the restriction of blood circulation and possibly accounted for the number of swollen heads among their wearers , but he added that , ‘ I myself find them a very comfortable kind of bondage ’ . |
| 18 | Eleven months later the new Secretary of State said that he was equally committed to a very substantial expansion in student numbers , and stated that the government 's plans were for an increase of 50,000 by 1993 . |
| 19 | ‘ The first day 's threshing I done was for a man by the name of Rogers , Harry Rogers . |
| 20 | All that was needed for defeat was for a couple of Liberal Democrats to switch sides . |
| 21 | His wish was for a person to ‘ be made whole ’ . |
| 22 | The proposal , which was for a referendum on the dissolution of the Byelarus Supreme Soviet , was denounced in a statement by the Council of Ministers on March 4 as an attempt to increase " social tension and confrontation " by blaming the Supreme Soviet and the Council of Ministers for the recent drop in living standards . |
| 23 | Presumably , the penalty was for a push on Ian Rush , although Liverpool looked as surprised as anyone . |
| 24 | In Washington , a US defence official said : ‘ The plan was for a raid of high intensity and fairly short duration . ’ |
| 25 | Meanwhile , the cry from the opposition parties in Denmark , notably the Social Democrats , who comprise the largest party , was for a change to the Treaty which would be legally binding . |
| 26 | The main requirement , as they saw it , was for a change in attitude in the community at large towards acceptance of ethnic minorities . |
| 27 | The 1989 budget , finally adopted by the CND on Aug. 11 , 1989 , was for a total of RF37,810,000 , including a development budget of RF14,190,000 . |
| 28 | Her entry was for a suit for Dame Edna Everidge to wear to visit her bank manager . |
| 29 | Their main call was for a return to the 1977 White Paper , namely : ‘ a specific commitment on the part of central and local government to the regeneration of the inner areas … both central and local government will be judged by their willingness to implement new priorities , to make funds available , to change policies and to adapt their organisations , ( DoE , 1977 , para. 25 ) . |
| 30 | The first new project he mentioned in his letters was for a ballet to be danced to the spoken word . |