Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short summer courses were arranged to prepare teachers for a return to the service . |
| 2 | 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 ] . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | After all , matrix printers were designed to handle typefaces for word processing , not desktop publishing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But few of those stations were geared to supply materials for the DIY motorist , and deliveries were unreliable or non-existent . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ? ’ |
| 18 | In January 1939 Messrs Hobart and Heron of Belfast were asked to submit plans for a new church estimated to cost about £4000 . |
| 19 | Eight top designers were asked to submit designs for four basic items . |
| 20 | Nicholson had an idea already ; other friends were asked to submit outlines for a screenplay and one of those was Carol Eastman , who wrote under the pen-name of Adrien Joyce . |
| 21 | As a result of central government policies , Islington social services suffered 8 per cent cuts in 1987/8 and all departments were asked to produce proposals for cuts of up to a further 25 per cent which they might have to achieve over the next two years . |
| 22 | These schools were asked to provide facilities for trying out amended versions of tests first used in liaison group schools . |
| 23 | Most men liked , if they could manage it , to collect as many offices as possible , and , having done so , they were forced to use deputies for performing the work . |
| 24 | The workers were to receive their annual bonus for 1989 and they would be reinstated in the SATS pension scheme , but they were forced to forfeit benefits for the period of the strike . |
| 25 | The Chambers Park side were determined to make amends for their poor showing in last season 's final when they lost 1–0 to Pegasus , and desperately wanted to return to Europe . |
| 26 | The school health service was transferred from LEAs to area health authorities , but LEAs were required to provide facilities for dental and medical inspection of pupils . |
| 27 | Under the decree , which was intended to create the mechanisms of a free market to replace the administratively determined distribution system of the old Soviet economic system , local governments were ordered to organize facilities for wholesale markets in cities . |
| 28 | These trees were managed to provide poles for the hop industry , but hop-growing is in decline in Sussex , the area of hops having fallen over 40 per cent . |
| 29 | Numerous draughtsmen were recruited to prepare maps for publication . |