Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short summer courses were arranged to prepare teachers for a return to the service . |
| 2 | Of these , almost 20% were arranged to provide support for staff development activities organised by the centre or the Region . |
| 3 | Two centuries later , a second dilapidation occurred , when the roof leads were stripped to make coinage for military upkeep . |
| 4 | The measures were intended to bring standards for heavy commercial vehicles into line with regulations governing car exhaust emissions , on which tougher standards had been agreed in principle in December 1990 and were approved in June 1991 [ see p. 38297 ; for other environmental issues see pp. 37784 ; 38258 ] . |
| 5 | The colonists had enough newspapers to take any visiting Englishman aback , and were developing industries fast enough to disturb the balance of the integrated commercial system : in 1699 Americans were forbidden to spin woollens for export , even to another colony ; in 1732 a similar limitation was placed on the manufacture of hats and caps ; and in 1750 the Iron Act allowed them to smelt iron ore into pig iron but forbade them to go any further in processing it , though in the event the American colonies were producing more iron and steel than Britain by 1775 . |
| 6 | There were projects in rural areas too , such as the Arnhem-Elst-Nijmegen route , which were designed to improve conditions for the large volume of cyclists who cycle to school or work in neighbouring villages and towns . |
| 7 | After the war , reactors like the Windscale ‘ piles ’ — scene of the 1957 accident described in Chapter One — were designed to produce material for the first British nuclear bombs , and no expense was spared in developing the necessary technology . |
| 8 | After all , matrix printers were designed to handle typefaces for word processing , not desktop publishing . |
| 9 | The post-war changes were designed to encourage equality for all , but successive governments appear to have seen education as a vote winner and have made promises which they have failed to keep . |
| 10 | In other words , the Board of Trade could more or less control the Service , co-operating with other agencies when and where it thought necessary , although those LEAs which had or might have in the future statutory powers for dealing with juveniles were permitted to submit schemes for the exercise of these powers , provided they could obtain the permission of both Boards . |
| 11 | The bulk of the destruction occurred during the 1950s and 1960s when the trees were felled to provide land for agriculture or for re-planting with conifers . |
| 12 | The reason for the rather dull image herbs have previously had is that most were grown to provide leaves for culinary use , and the flowers were of secondary importance ; thyme and mint are typical . |
| 13 | While the education system has been a major target for opponents of apartheid since the 1953 Bantu Education Act , it was not until the 1980s that more concrete attempts were made to formulate ideas for another kind of education system . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , in 1925 , John Newlove became ill once more at the start of the autumn term and hurried , improvised and not entirely satisfactory arrangements were made to provide tutors for his two Tutorial Classes and three One-Year courses . |
| 15 | A. kollari first appeared in Britain in the 1830s , after galls were brought from the Middle East to Devon , where they were used to make dyes for the woollen cloth industry . |
| 16 | Bosnia and Serbia possessed rich forest resources , which were used to provide charcoal for the metal workers ' furnaces as well as timber for the construction of houses . |
| 17 | Three designers were commissioned to produce work for consideration , and The Scotsman has again agreed to sponsor the creation of these awards . |
| 18 | As early as 1914 , arrangements for building new sick wards , that is , a workhouse infirmary , had been progressing , and in October , some sheds which had been used for wood chopping and storage were demolished to make way for the building of the new sick pavilions . |
| 19 | The company was forced to close its Redcar and Stockton shops and the Middlesbrough branches were demolished to make way for the Cleveland Centre . |
| 20 | Many were sold to raise funds for Henry 's wars , but some went as gifts to royal favourites , to strengthen the bond between monarch and greater subjects which was so important a part of the Tudor mystique and popularity . |
| 21 | Under Rocard in late 1990 measures were approved to restrict advertising for tobacco and alcohol , and to reform the social security system by introducing a new tax — the general social contribution ( CSG ) [ see p. 37869 ] . |
| 22 | But few of those stations were geared to supply materials for the DIY motorist , and deliveries were unreliable or non-existent . |
| 23 | Students from all departments were invited to submit bids for up to £1000 to carry out a project of their own initiative that would develop their enterprise skills . |
| 24 | Thus , when Hunt Thompson Associates had completed the technical information , six contractors were invited to submit tenders for the reconstruction of Thames Tunnel Mills on a fluctuating price basis . |
| 25 | Six groups were invited to submit proposals for the research and four were finally selected to carry it out in Swindon , Kirkaldy , Liverpool and Sheffield . |
| 26 | Other teachers involved in the intake year were invited to take responsibility for preparing materials for some areas of the new curriculum . |
| 27 | In doing so , the latter established the basic rules that brought some order to the method by which students were enabled to become candidates for office . |
| 28 | Those who were compelled to use oil for heating and enjoyed a drink and a smoke received an income support entitlement that was just over half of what experts identified as necessary to meet their requirements . |
| 29 | Given that only £25 million were allocated to access funds for the whole of the United Kingdom , the answer must be , ’ What about the access funds ? ’ |
| 30 | In the marshland area from times distant the countless mills were known to provide food for man 's physical well-being and the numerous churches sustenance for his spiritual health . |