Example sentences of "were [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were plans for the younger children to join Watcyn Wyn 's private academy ( for ministerial candidates and others ) at Ammanford where the Welsh preacher-bard Gwili ( the Revd John Jenkins , later Principal of the Baptist Theological College at Banger and Archdruid of the Gorsedd of the Welsh National Eisteddfod ) was a tutor . |
| 2 | At the local level , too , there were calls for the maximum amount of latitude in self-administration . |
| 3 | Still , there were opportunities for the enterprising . |
| 4 | Thus in Jaca there were allotments for the poor labourers and no agrarian destitute class ; around Saragossa the labourers had enforced a customary eight-hour day and worked in their free hours on their own plots ; but on the great estates of dry Aragon labour conditions could only be matched in Andalusia . |
| 5 | More than half the fleet were syndicates-in-waiting for the great America 's Cup circus which begins next March in San Diego . |
| 6 | The annual feast when the ‘ men only ’ members wearing blue sashes and white gloves marched with a band to the church for a service followed by a dull dinner in the Board inn clubroom , then in the afternoon there were sports for the whole village . |
| 7 | ‘ After I had been at the Bedford Institution for a few years there were changes for the better . |
| 8 | If there were problems for the disabled they could be ironed out . |
| 9 | Mr Travers , who drew his figures from public expenditure White Papers , said the sectors that enjoyed the biggest rises were education for the under-fives ( up nearly 90 per cent ) and children with special needs , both favourite Labour targets . |
| 10 | The wind freshened from astern off Rudha Reidh and we just managed to beat a south westerly gale into Loch Ewe where we were weatherbound for the next two days . |
| 11 | These observations differ from earlier findings in which scid mice were host for the same TCR -β transgene . |
| 12 | Prices were £4.99 for the conventional handle , £7.08 for the extension and £20.37 for the ratchet ‘ T ’ handle . |
| 13 | The relative attributable risks for Maori children compared with non-Maori children were 57% for the higher rate of maternal smoking and 22% for the higher rate of bed sharing . |
| 14 | Social welfare payments were increased , as were benefits for the long-term unemployed , supplementary benefits , child benefit and benefits for those caring full-time for elderly relatives . |
| 15 | BP Technicians were runners-up for the second year running in the Wytch Farm annual five-a-side soccer tournament . |