Example sentences of "this [noun sg] was [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This link was required for two reasons . |
| 2 | Therefore , the babies ' body mass curve was calculated in the same manner as for adults , from birth length and birth weight , and this measure was substituted for birth weight in the regression equation . |
| 3 | This feeding was continued for a period after their release on the tenth day , in case they were unable to hunt . |
| 4 | This experiment was repeated for different pellets from the same sample when fresh ( wet ) and when dry . |
| 5 | He told the jury : ‘ This courtroom was used for the trial of Moors murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady . |
| 6 | This term was reserved for the rural dialects , which had been legitimized by nineteenth-century investigations , and which were believed to be ‘ genuine ’ in a way that urban dialects are not . |
| 7 | This criterion was introduced for the benefit of an authority like Kirklees which runs the large institution of Huddersfield Polytechnic but which has a limited population and therefore a relatively small rate basis . |
| 8 | ‘ This car was built for such conditions . ’ |
| 9 | Above : This car was bound for Squires Gate on 18 June 1955 , when the car suddenly turned right into Station Road , the points having been left open by the previous Marton car . |
| 10 | This car was exchanged for Glasgow 1297 in 1984/5 during the Centenary Celebrations . |
| 11 | In fact this exercise was undertaken for the whole school , and led to a number of improvements to the programme in all year groups . |
| 12 | Much of this mobility was accounted for by adolescent farm servants who regularly changed jobs every year ; they moved from farm to farm regardless of parish boundaries but rarely went very far . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | This girl was looking for somewhere to hide . |
| 15 | This machine was built for Trans World Airlines as a DC-3–209B , entering service in April 1939 as NC14932 . |
| 16 | This machine was designed for sorting ore and waste heaps left from more extravagant eras . |
| 17 | This alleyway was shut for a few months and we Hello . |
| 18 | This scene was criticised for its accusation of sadism by the Viet Cong in a form which was unsupported by any evidence . |
| 19 | Henry 's only plan at this moment was to play for time . |
| 20 | Situated at the head of the Cuckmere valley , on an impressive site in the heart of the Weald and protected by the great bend of the Cuckmere River , this site was chosen for an Augustinian priory in the 13th century and became part of the religious life of the time . |
| 21 | This diet was consumed for six days . |
| 22 | This post was used for several weeks before the men were recalled , despite their plans for a raid ‘ fixing charges to the noses of planes ’ . |
| 23 | A character with Herb Lore , Manufacture Drugs or Prepare Poisons will be able to see that this place was used for preparing poisons . |
| 24 | Jaq imagined arcane astromantic calculations and perversions of Tarot divination — conducted by Carnelian , the Tarot-sneak ? — before this planet was chosen for the first emergence of the entity . |
| 25 | This supernatant was used for measurement of isotopic enrichment of free leucine . |
| 26 | This sample was provided for the project by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and was in turn drawn from a larger sample of 500 households which the Executive had used for their own survey of housing patterns in the city ( cf. |
| 27 | This service was provided for a small proportion of the clients ( one in Ipswich and seven in Newham ) . |
| 28 | This procedure was performed for all specimens and both DNA products . |
| 29 | This miracle was remembered for three reasons : |
| 30 | I think the that the first thing to say is that one of the reason why this option this paper was asked for was that we , so we could actually begin to look to see whether or not trickle transfer made sense in Cambridge . |