Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [was/were] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , in some ways the change was for the better . |
| 2 | Mrs Metcalfe said : ‘ The money was for the electricity bill . |
| 3 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 4 | The contract was for the sale by a Dutch company of aluminium foil some of which the buyers ( an English company ) were to use in their manufacturing process . |
| 5 | This could not be done where the contract was for the sale of purely generic goods . |
| 6 | The plaintiffs claimed repayment of the purchase price on the basis that the contract was for the sale of goods by description within s13(1) of SGA 1979 and could , therefore , be avoided on the grounds of misdescription . |
| 7 | Thus in Cammell Laird and Co Ltd v Manganese Bronze and Brass Co Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 402 , the contract was for the provision of two propellers for a specified ship and it was held that the sellers knew the purpose for which the propellers were required , ie that they should be suitable for the ship in question . |
| 8 | During the Thirties when the streamlined fleet was introduced , the driver was for the first time provided with his own driving cab , complete with folding seat . |
| 9 | They constitute an acknowledgment by the delegates , committee and officers that the Association was for the time being inadequately organised and funded for undertaking major tasks on the national scene . |
| 10 | The first lots to come into the ring were for the annual lease of ewes . |
| 11 | The plan was for the Unit to reform in the middle of this year . |
| 12 | The plan was for the financiers to place deals based on the probable impact of the column on the market and then share the profits . |
| 13 | The cutters and machinists were to remain at the club house for another twelve and eighteen months respectively but the plan was for the printers to move immediately into the new premises . |
| 14 | To get round this , the plan was for the Government to ‘ lease ’ these employees to the railway at less onerous rates . |
| 15 | Tremayne showed a modicum of anxiety but no sympathy , and the anxiety was for the horse . |
| 16 | I was also careful to explain BW 's policy as regards cycling on the towpath , and I emphasised that the work was for the benefit of all users and gave Spokes members no rights whatsoever . |
| 17 | I was also careful to explain BW 's policy as regards cycling on the towpath , and emphasised that the work was for the benefit of all users and gave Spokes members no rights whatsoever . |
| 18 | As the Vice-chairman , who was re-elected , was also deaf , the two elected leaders of the BDA were for the first time deaf . |
| 19 | But Bianco was adamant the expediting of the process was for the benefit of staff and users alike . |
| 20 | The Justices of the Forest were for the most part important men who can have devoted a limited amount of time to their Forest duties . |
| 21 | Henceforth the Justices of the Forest were for the most part great barons , who often held extensive estates in or near the forests they administered . |
| 22 | Further institutional integration would depend on political circumstances , and the aim was for the Krajina Assembly 's mandate to be endorsed by the Serbian Assembly . |
| 23 | The procedure was for the investigator to ask for the location of any item already known in advance to be on the shop 's fourth floor . |
| 24 | The nearest clean water was from the standpipe in the churchyard ; they did not like to wash their finds there , because the water was for the flowers on the graves , but Martha fetched some in a bucket . |
| 25 | The museum part has only cost FFr150 million and the rest was for the library ’ . |
| 26 | The academy was for the future . |
| 27 | The discretion was for the District Courts to exercise , but they were urged to be sensitive to the interests expressed in the Convention . |
| 28 | The sports were in fact more of a backcloth than the central event ; the real purpose of the day was for the parents to prowl around the school inspecting the various displays of work set up in the classrooms , and compare the achievement of their offspring with that of others . |
| 29 | One of the first tasks of the day was for the girls to prepare freshly squeezed orange juice . |
| 30 | The charter was for the buying and selling of horses , and during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the feast was largely attended by gypsies engaged in horse dealing . |