Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what has been said so far , that the flipping and the circumstance including it were required for the wipers ' starting to work , is consistent with the cause existing without that effect . |
| 2 | George Wade then took over the studio of Sir J. Edgar Boehm [ q.v. ] and in 1891 his bust of I. J. Paderewski was so appreciated that 500 reproductions of it were ordered for the American market alone . |
| 3 | Presumably you 'd find that ethically acceptable if the abortion were natural or legal but not if it were induced for the purpose of providing the tissue . |
| 4 | The elections for it were promised for the following year and already by the time of the secretary of state 's television broadcast in early September both the NIO and the Ulster political parties were evolving respective plans . |
| 5 | It was created for a group of mums who felt their babies were too old for new mums but not yet ready for the rough and tumble of open houses . |
| 6 | It was created for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory , not for that of the parties to the agreement . |
| 7 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 8 | Albeit I think it was done for the parish council so . |
| 9 | Leeds also had the ball in the net with the last kick of the first half but it was disallowed for no apparent reason . |
| 10 | It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France , neither of which was a signatory of the treaty . |
| 11 | To return to the ECSC Treaty , it was concluded for a period of 50 years only and is therefore due to expire in less than ten years from now . |
| 12 | It was argued for the husband that the wife should have been awarded a lump sum of £532,000 , calculated in accordance with the principles established in Preston v Prestion ( 1982 ) Fam 17 and Duxbury v Duxbury ( 1987 ) FLR 7 , to provide sufficient income to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the former wife of a millionaire . |
| 13 | It was argued for the defendants that the wife would not be liable to tax on the damages she received , while her lost income would have been taxable in her hands , and that therefore she should be awarded damages in respect of her net loss after deducting tax . |
| 14 | It was argued for the defendant , on the authority of Nicholson v. Revill , 4 Ad. & E. 675 , that a creditor could not release one joint and several debtor and hold another liable by reserving remedies . |
| 15 | It was argued for the defendant in the present appeal that Dobson v. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Plc . |
| 16 | On appeal , it was argued for the miners that the instructions to turn back were unlawful , and the police had no power to require them to turn back . |
| 17 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 18 | During 1965–1968 , I rethought and redeveloped my work on semantics until it was accepted for a Ph.D . |
| 19 | While the Treaty as a whole was deeply humiliating to Germany , it was accepted for the most part with a sullen resignation and silent disgust . |
| 20 | It was earmarked for the admin course , we asked will you fund a student for the admin course . |
| 21 | Because it was constructed for a specific purpose , this text is fairly unusual in that there are few lexical clues to what the text might be ‘ about ’ . |
| 22 | Articles were placed in the press chronicling the joys of country life ( and — as will be shown — fruitless attempts were made to demonstrate that the rural environment was having a positive effect on the children 's health ) ; talks were given on the radio to parents ; special posters were printed ; and it was arranged for the Queen to visit certain schools in November to publicise the scheme . |
| 23 | It was kept for the finished film . |
| 24 | However , it was contended for the bank that Fashions and Wholesale remained indebted to BCCI for £600,000 and BCCI then became accountable to Mr Sawar for £300,000 ; this amount would then be limited to the dividend payable in the liquidation . |
| 25 | Er Mike said in his autobiography that when they got the play and converted it to film , they changed the age of the character for a start , cos in the play it was written in the late fifties by Bill and it was written for a man approaching his forties . |
| 26 | Their distinctive features have been chronicled ( with evident pride ) by Schaffer ( 1970 ) and Evans ( 1972 ) ; the first because , as a civil servant , he had been much associated with the programme , the second because it was written for the Town and Country Planning Association , long the champions of planned dispersal . |
| 27 | ‘ In order to obtain judicially admissible evidence , US investigators would have to obtain proof that ( i ) a payment was intended for a foreign official , ( ii ) it was made with a corrupt intent , and ( iii ) it was made for a prohibited purpose . |
| 28 | ‘ Just afterwards , he said he had decided not to do it because of other work commitments , so the project came to a halt as a result of the difficulty in finding an actor to play the part ; it was n't really a gag script — it was made for an actor more than a comedian . |
| 29 | It was made for the Dolls ' House by Hardy Bros Ltd. and presented by Mr W. Hardy , father of today 's Marketing Director , Mr James Hardy , who found this invitation discarded with some rubbish when the factory moved in 1965 . |
| 30 | It was received for a variety of voluntary input in Scotland and nationally , but most notably , I gather , in respect of Education and Professional Development , which leads on to my other purpose in writing . |