Example sentences of "were [adv] [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Acheson 's biographers has argued that Americans , having never understood the realities of the Chinese situation , were wholly unprepared for the deluge of hate and vituperation which descended on them from Peking once the Chinese People 's Republic had been established . |
| 2 | Conditions were little better for the Germans . |
| 3 | This had a great influence on the issues that the steering group decided were most important for the project to work on . |
| 4 | Neither of these packages were entirely suitable for the operation of local authority establishments , and some customisation was considered necessary before the requirement could be met in full . |
| 5 | I learned that good communication skills , courtesy and commitment were extremely necessary for the job . |
| 6 | Speeches were given by the Chairman , again in Japanese , the Minister and the Mayor of Kitsuregawa all of which were extremely positive for the future of the Centre . |
| 7 | These remarks were highly embarrassing for the government and brought out the different opinions within the party on the open-door policy . |
| 8 | He secured two admission tickets but when he arrived he found they were only good for the front doors where ‘ already hundreds were waiting ’ . |
| 9 | Then he noticed an open gate and beyond it a side door which he approached ; here he was told that his tickets were only good for the front door while the side doors were reserved for members . |
| 10 | At the time , after all , we despised the manner in which our elders were so nostalgic for the hippy era . |
| 11 | The publications of Degenhart and Annegrit Schmitt have succeeded in bringing into the mainstream of art history the study of artist 's pattern books and travel notebooks , which were so important for the dissemination of ideas and motifs , as well as book illustration and marginalia drawings . |
| 12 | She had enjoyed bringing him goodies from the kitchen — ends of puddings in one of the dogs ' dishes , the last remains of cakes , meat , bones — only chicken bones , because they were so bad for the dogs . |
| 13 | Circumstances were less favourable for the Home for Jewish Refugee Children at 5 The Avenue , London NW6 . |
| 14 | The home side were less grateful for the woodwork , when Jim Magilton beat the wall and the 'keeper with a near-perfect free-kick . |
| 15 | In February 1973 , when I first decided to make the journey , there can have been few twenty-eight year olds who were less fit for the task . |
| 16 | Attitudes were different : high fertility families were less concerned for the future , had little faith in their ability to control their own life , and little ambition . |
| 17 | Written sources were especially important for the economic sector . |
| 18 | He smiled , as if he were personally responsible for the perfection of those measurements . |
| 19 | They cooked , made clothes and were generally responsible for the upkeep of the family . |
| 20 | Sequential data were not available for the patients in the control group who were intubated and ventilated , nor for the NIPPV patients who could not be treated with nasal ventilation . |
| 21 | Clearance and redevelopment took their toll in a planning system which decreed that the densities deemed acceptable by the Victorian house builders were not appropriate for the late twentieth century . |
| 22 | Are there ideas which were not right for the time but which could be revived and used , ow ? |
| 23 | Where parents or children were not present for the whole conference they should receive as a minimum " written confirmation of the main findings of the conference , a note of who attended and who was absent and confirmation of the decisions and recommended plan of action " . |
| 24 | Prices were not good for the tup sales . |
| 25 | Fuller argued that court proceedings and the judicial process ( ‘ adjudication ’ ) were not suitable for the resolution of polycentric issues and disputes . |
| 26 | I appreciate the arguments that go on nowadays , but let us not forget that the old crossings were not suitable for the disabled , which is why , in the case to which I am referring , it seemed unnecessary for the authority to insist on a ramp being built . |
| 27 | A British Rail spokeswoman said the manager was ‘ unhappy about the exhibition and considered that certain photographs were not suitable for the general public to view ’ . |
| 28 | Bequests of this nature were not uncommon for the maintenance of the light in other churches around Kent , including gifts of land , sheep , cows , corn and wax . |
| 29 | While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense . |
| 30 | In Buxtehude costs were as low as 14 DM per square metre , whereas the high total cost for Ingolstadt ( 18 million DM ) reflects expenditure on high quality improvement measures which were not essential for the environmental traffic management scheme to work . |