Example sentences of "it was [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was created for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory , not for that of the parties to the agreement . |
| 3 | For a long time he stood in front of the town map , gazing at it as though he would memorise its every feature , and when he turned away it was to ask for a cup of coffee . |
| 4 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 5 | Albeit I think it was done for the parish council so . |
| 6 | North Tyneside Council said the riot-torn Meadow Well estate was among areas it was considering for the cash . |
| 7 | Leeds also had the ball in the net with the last kick of the first half but it was disallowed for no apparent reason . |
| 8 | It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France , neither of which was a signatory of the treaty . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was argued for the defendant in the present appeal that Dobson v. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Plc . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | During 1965–1968 , I rethought and redeveloped my work on semantics until it was accepted for a Ph.D . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was earmarked for the admin course , we asked will you fund a student for the admin course . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It was kept for the finished film . |
| 22 | Clutterbuck Deane died in 1701 and within a year Mary had sold the mill to Thomas Shurmur , in whose family it was to remain for a century . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | And now it was looking for a graveyard . |
| 30 | It was looking for a new programme and trying to consolidate its confused followers . |