Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also numerous parcels now belonged to the great religious foundations of the region as a result of pious donations ; if many of these were tenanted in conjunction with other , larger holdings , they were unavailable for small men , while there were not enough of the big farmers , who did occupy them , to employ more than a very limited number of servants . |
| 2 | They were desperate for solid information rather than rumour , and a few made veiled threats to scale down their coverage of another case for which the Yard was desperate for publicity unless there was a press conference . |
| 3 | These restricted lawful picketing to the pickets ' own place of work and removed the unions ' legal immunities from civil actions , so making them liable for damages up to a certain limit where they were responsible for unlawful industrial action . |
| 4 | The regenerative cars had not shown the expected economies and indeed they were responsible for excessive current consumption . |
| 5 | If they stayed where they were they were dead for certain . |
| 6 | They were unusual for social science research : attempts at controlled experiments in selected communities of different kinds in different parts of America . |
| 7 | His origins are obscure , but he seems to have been a German from one of the tribes which were allowed to settle within the Empire , and for which privilege they were liable for military service , a practice going back to the late third century . |