Example sentences of "were [verb] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further eight patients with villous adenomas but no evidence of malignant change were deemed unsuitable for the study and were given laser treatment only . |
| 2 | Patients were interviewed monthly for the first five months and every three months thereafter . |
| 3 | Supper at the kitchen table — bread coarsely cut and buttered , with none of the little refinements that were considered necessary for the family , who ate in another room . |
| 4 | Four levels were considered appropriate for the arguments which follow in parts two , three and four . |
| 5 | It is also possible that with the decline in activity in Norfolk , other eastern counties were considered attractive for the next phase in development , perhaps because the ground in the west appeared to have been secured through Shearman and Miss Green . |
| 6 | Statistical comparison of tumour growth rate was by two way analysis of variance ( time and treatment regimen ) and tumour weight and DNA content by one way analysis of variance , p values <0.01 were considered significant for the two way analysis and p values <0.05 for the one way analysis . |
| 7 | All night he had laboured in prayer and watching , then rising and sitting in his chair , as it were made new for the occasion , which had been placed before the chimney in his parlour , and in the midst of his chaplains , servants and officers who were praying for him , he expired as if sleeping , and without a groan yielded up his spirit most purely to his Creator . " |
| 8 | The first set of temporary positions were offered in December 1983 for the spring and summer terms in 1984 , while further positions were made available for the autumn term 1984 and the spring term in 1985 . |
| 9 | Taxi drivers still complain a bit , as they do , but parking facilities were made available for the disabled . |
| 10 | Pair after pair of serwal were made ready for the tailor 's sewing machine . |
| 11 | Hence the constant , and eventually often vain , calls of the leaders of such new states to surmount ‘ tribalism ’ , ‘ communalism ’ , or whatever forces were made responsible for the failure of the new inhabitants of the Republic of X to feel themselves to be primarily patriotic citizens of X rather than members of some other collectivity . |
| 12 | Local authorities were made responsible for the welfare of the handicapped under the National Assistance Act of 1948 . |
| 13 | These authorities were made responsible for the ‘ catechetical instruction ’ of children in elementary schools , according to their parents ' denomination . |
| 14 | All the boats were getting ready for the regatta that afternoon , bailing out dinghies , coiling ropes , and smells of food frying wafted across the smell of the estuary . |
| 15 | It was one of those golden autumn afternoons and there were blackberries and splashes of old man 's beard in the hedges , and the hawthorn berries were ripening scarlet for the birds when the cold winter came along . |
| 16 | The United States and United Kingdom authorities on Nov. 13 announced that they had filed charges against two Libyan nationals who were believed responsible for the bomb which exploded on an aircraft over Lockerbie , Scotland , in 1988 . |
| 17 | When he crossed the Glen it would be in his own good time , and with an eye to what prizes were left alive for the taking , and for them he would fight as doughtily as any man if he must . |
| 18 | The chief officers of the household had to ensure that " hearts were kept aflame for the king 's service " . |
| 19 | We always got excited when we were packing ready for the journey of about 50 miles . |
| 20 | The week went by , it was a very pleasant week , hot with a cool breeze that made games and swimming even more pleasant than usual , Alicia and Betty were practising hard for the school sport , both were excellent swimmers and divers . |
| 21 | The 1932 Conference reflected a radical reaction to the defeat of 1931 and particularly to bankers , who were held responsible for the financial collapse in Britain and throughout the Western world . |