Example sentences of "the [n mass] [was/were] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After typing errors had been corrected , the data were checked for range and consistency . |
| 2 | The data were analysed for sex and age in each location ( Table I ) . |
| 3 | These proportions remained unchanged when the data were analysed for sex and for site in both series . |
| 4 | I was told the data was needed for the Medical Division — among a host of other activities INCUBUS owns a number of , pharmaceutical laboratories . |
| 5 | The aircraft was left for two hours while the pilot was arranging for its recovery , and during this period it was extensively damaged by vandals . |
| 6 | The food goes to 5000 families , but two weeks ago the aircraft was grounded for servicing . |
| 7 | However , the panel left intact Canada 's right to set conservation and fishing quotas and suggested that the landing requirements would be legitimate if at least some of the fish was sold for export directly from fishing boats . |
| 8 | During a long process of assimilation , the means were found for reinvesting the physical world with spiritual significance . |
| 9 | While it seems fairly certain that Cemaleddin did not live into Bayezid 's reign , it also seems not impossible that the works were written for Bayezid after about 783/1381 , when it became more nearly connected with Anatolian affairs by taking over the province given him by — or , more correctly , taken from — the Germiyanids as a dowry . |