Example sentences of "this [was/were] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was both for the hell of it , as well as for the annals of the newly developing discipline of psycho-anthropology , whose aims are in part to define the global range of human ability . |
| 2 | As for the claim that the older acts and the common law had allowed the imposition of harsher penalties , this was not for the simple fact of combination but for activities linked with industrial disputes that could have attracted prosecution for riot , intimidation , assault or destruction of property as much after 1799 as before . |
| 3 | This was partly for the reasons given above , but also due to the very large Conservative majority in the hereditary House of Lords , which soon rejected a Liberal attempt to amend the 1902 Education Act . |
| 4 | This was partly for the reasons discussed in Chapter 3 : more elderly people and medical advances which enabled more of them to benefit from treatments like joint replacement at even more advanced ages . |
| 5 | Yes , I was leaving alone , but I knew that this was only for the journey . |
| 6 | Oh well this was only for the local ! |
| 7 | Edmund Paston , it is true , was retained by the duke in 1475 , but this was specifically for the campaign against France , and his letters give no hint of a more extended relationship with the duke . |
| 8 | Edmund Paston , it is true , was retained by the duke in 1475 , but this was specifically for the campaign against France , and his letters give no hint of a more extended relationship with the duke . |
| 9 | This was enough for the Home Secretary to send the case back for a fourth hearing to the Court of Appeal , with the recommendation that they summon Mathews as a witness to test his credibility . |