Example sentences of "this [was/were] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was for a toroidal magnetic confinement system ( see figure ) with a circulating current of electrons pinched in by the magnetic field generated by the current . |
| 2 | This was for a short time only ; I had suffered a significant loss , but not a life-threatening or total one . |
| 3 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 4 | Glass accepts this was for the best . |
| 5 | No doubt this was for the good practical reason that as royal taxation became more frequent separate and additional councils for the church 's own business became more inconvenient : there was a limit to the number of times the clergy could be summoned from their parishes and livings to provincial assemblies in London or elsewhere . |
| 6 | This was for the specialised early potato market . |