Example sentences of "[was/were] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the modern age , institutions outside the family have been created to administer public affairs and women were for a long time expressly excluded . |
| 2 | The provisional Cost Allowances for the accommodation were for a 24-bed unit 430,000 and for a 30-bed unit £500,000 . |
| 3 | Both of them were for a free market , the introduction of Lithuania 's own currency and withdrawal of Russian troops . |
| 4 | My original thoughts were for a 3-week tour but after consideration and discussion a longer period seems preferable ; I 'm therefore thinking of 8 weeks , from mid-Feb. to mid-April , but of course if your time is limited you could return independently . |
| 5 | I remember a morning like that in Derbyshire … a morning with so much Day-Glo orange cardboard sprouting on poles from so many fields that by 11am I was near suicide — a mood that ended with the discovery that the posters were for a popular brand of fertiliser . |
| 6 | Goram , exceptional throughout his reintroduction to the side , was forced to muddy his tracksuit bottoms in response to the first of Amokachi 's many attacks on the break and the more Rangers pressed forward , the more gaps there were for the Belgian side to exploit from a midfield they dominated . |
| 7 | The first lots to come into the ring were for the annual lease of ewes . |
| 8 | And the new tears were for the absolute tenderness she had seen in his eyes . |
| 9 | These ‘ composite ’ boats were for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company . |
| 10 | An interpreter said later : ‘ The prayers were for the Royal Family and the prince and princess themselves . |
| 11 | I 'd assumed without thinking that they were for the straddling dock cranes to run on . |
| 12 | The extent of the hidden need met by the Act was demonstrated by the fact that 93.6 per cent of pensions granted in 1912–13 were for the full amount of 5s 0d . |
| 13 | These figures were for the cold season ; the second half will be much better . |
| 14 | On either side of the gangway doors were small doors on the floor level ; these were for the double purpose of allowing a hosepipe to be brought through from the line for washing out purposes , and also to allow free escape of water . |
| 15 | The fact that all the workshops in WA and at least half of those in Victoria and New South Wales were for the double bed , shows the quality of knitters involved . |
| 16 | Despite the Party programme and frequent reiteration of the line , the record in practice seemed appalling — ranging from the Russian colonists , operating under the banners of Soviet power and universal freedom ; the arbitrary and cruel behaviour of raw troops operating in alien lands and in danger , far from the watching eyes of Moscow ; the role of former Tsarist officers whose instincts were for the patriotic defence of all the territories of the former empire , without concession to local nationalism ; to the contempt of the Bolshevik ultra-Left for all forms of nationalism . |
| 17 | ‘ I am very upset because the stall was for a good cause . ’ |
| 18 | Those who were libelled in the Fanzine may feel less aggrieved knowing it was for a good cause . |
| 19 | Certainly marriage was very much a practical necessity for working class girls , and the chief hope was for a good bargain . |
| 20 | One of Orrery 's commissions , about 1712 , was for a mechanical model of the Earth–Moon–Sun system , of a type recently constructed by the clock-maker George Graham [ q.v . ] . |
| 21 | When he offered to buy her a house in Blackpool , her request was for a simple terrace house , similar to the one in which they had spent their early life together . |
| 22 | ‘ This recognition from the British radio industry was for a phenomenal range of programming — sport , specialist speech , comedy , local radio personality , local radio station , current affairs and documentary . ’ |
| 23 | The adjudicator concluded that Mr Hussain 's application was for a short-term stay and dismissed the appeal after hearing evidence from Miss Rafique that she had no intention of living in Pakistan . |
| 24 | Another of the Ryan recommendations was for a financial reporting review panel , similar to the panel operated by the Financial Reporting Council in the UK . |
| 25 | The conversion was for a technical reason — this was the third year of World War One and the dye for the paper was manufactured in Germany . |
| 26 | A Summit conference : The final recommendation was for a global summit to discuss international economic and financial issues raised by the Report . |
| 27 | One of their demands was for a phased release of internees . |
| 28 | The Money Market — like Acceptance Credits and commercial paper — offered lower cost but less flexibility because credit was for a fixed term . |
| 29 | The contract was for a fixed term of five years . |
| 30 | The demand was for a state-backed campaign to educate women and girls . |