Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [was/were] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only statistically significant difference between the groups was for the presence of blood in the stool ; 5-ASA patients had significantly less blood reported than the bismuth group . |
| 2 | The dragons were for the procession , and were designed to be raised upon the shoulders of pairs of bearers . |
| 3 | An interpreter said later : ‘ The prayers were for the Royal Family and the prince and princess themselves . |
| 4 | The costumes were for the most part composed of homespun cloth of native dye , though now and again gay neckerchiefs — the manufacture of the south country — gave liveliness to the head ; while now and again a bright-coloured shawl was pinned across the shoulders of the women . |
| 5 | Their days and nights were spent together in a large but gloomy chamber , reached by a winding staircase ; and their requests to take the air in the gardens were for the most part ignored . |
| 6 | The exceptions were for the square where performance in the two tasks was about the same and for the rhombus where " diamond " was accepted as a response to the naming task . |
| 7 | In recent weeks our Moscow correspondent could have reported on why the voters in Lithuania had rejected Lansbergis and what the implications were for the prospects of democracy in Russia as well as Lithuania . |
| 8 | Among the Zuwaya history was not a specialized occupation ; the relations were for the most part those of patrilineal descent . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | of the records were for the third week of September . |
| 11 | of the records were for the last week of April and the first two of May . |
| 12 | The others were for the nass taibin , the really well-to-do . |
| 13 | All this depended on the fact that the Romans were for the first time in the law of succession experiencing an ‘ open ’ system . |
| 14 | The floors were for the most part tiled , large patterned tiles , not unattractive , but in need of thorough cleaning . |