Example sentences of "was [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spare Rib was already well established , and was joined for a period by the Leveller , another collective magazine , and the East End News , which produced the first attempt to appeal to ‘ the masses ’ of East London by dressing up Right-On concerns in chirpy Chas'n'Dave-style modernized Cockney . |
| 2 | The money that er we raised in the Soviet Union was intended for the families of miners who had suffered as a result of the strike . |
| 3 | Dobbs flight was headed for Birmingham airport , but police are in no doubt the cocaine was intended for the streets of Gloucester . |
| 4 | Like many German poets of his age , he came from a clerical family and was intended for the church . |
| 5 | There was a special , elaborately canopied seat high on the stern , which we may suppose was intended for the ship 's captain , and a row of twenty oarsmen on each side of the ship . |
| 6 | Prepared jointly by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Works , with advice from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning on matters of site planning and layout , it was intended for the guidance of local authorities — who , it was presumed would be undertaking most of the post-war redevelopment . |
| 7 | However , here he was at pains to point out that ‘ although this work was intended for an appendix to the Gardeners Dictionary , yet it may be reckoned a complete performance in itself independent to that ’ . |
| 8 | He said it was not clear whether the device was intended for an animal or a person ’ . |
| 9 | He was remanded for a week . |
| 10 | No plea was made and the girl was remanded for a week for further inquiries . |
| 11 | It is on a much smaller scale than those held just after the Second World War when animals and livestock were included and a show ring was erected for the horse and pony events . |
| 12 | ft. building was erected for the machinists and cutters as well as for garment distribution . |
| 13 | Evidently an ex-LNER man was drafted into the Motive Power Department at Glasgow and his answer to a Pacific shortage at Polmadie was to arrange for the transfer of the engines we had noted , plus 60159 Bonnie Dundee , which appeared shortly after the sightings reported above . |
| 14 | The girl was checked for a moment , then laughed . |
| 15 | For an elliptical crack Inglis 's stress concentration factor is : Though this was calculated for an ellipse it turns out that it is very nearly accurate for any sharp re-entrant or notch . |
| 16 | The grill was heated for a chop , tomatoes were cut up , and a small packet of frozen peas tipped out of its wrapping into a saucepan . |
| 17 | The convoy was halted for a time by protesters at Dalreoch , on the Dumbarton-Helensburgh road , again at Helensburgh and on the third occasion at the protest camp at the gates to the base . |
| 18 | Ferry traffic was halted for a week in December because of fears that refugees might hijack the vessel to the United States . |
| 19 | In 1910 she returned to London and began her work in biochemistry , which was to continue for the rest of her life . |
| 20 | Under the direction of the control tower , all went as normal and the Stratocruiser was aligned for a landing on runway 31 . |
| 21 | Dykstra started the season behind Billy Thomson in the pecking order at Fir Park , but even though the former Dundee United man was recalled for a game after Dykstra let in ten goals in three matches , the roles have now been reversed . |
| 22 | All treatment was withdrawn for a minimum of two weeks , after which inclusion in the trial depended on a diastolic blood pressure >105 mm Hg . |
| 23 | Soon America was clamouring for the dollar to be let in : its burden of debt to oil-rich countries , which since the late 1990s had refused payment in dollars , had become too great . |
| 24 | The National Dairy Council was reprimanded for an advertisement headlined : ‘ Worried about Osteoporosis ? |
| 25 | The idea was to plan for an increase in Berlin 's population to 1.5 million . |
| 26 | But , all along , our main aim was to plan for the future . |
| 27 | An ambitious plan was formed for a bridge of boats to be constructed so that an attack on the mainland could be mounted . |
| 28 | Precisely who it was she was using for a role model became clear as a middle-aged lady , admirably slim in well-cut jodhpurs , erupted from some inner fortress to enquire , in tones that carried effortlessly across the yard , precisely why Caroline had failed to run up her stirrups , how long had she been riding ? |
| 29 | Five minutes later Hibs Gordon Hunter was dismissed for a foul on Hateley , leaving Rangers with a comfortable last 25 minutes . |
| 30 | Ferdinand believed Godoy was scheming for a regency to exclude him from the throne ; Godoy knew that Ferdinand was intriguing against him with the French ambassador . |