Example sentences of "were make for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had added that his new possession would need ‘ a bit of doing up ’ , but other engineers working at Nigel 's firm seemed almost as fascinated as he himself , and once it arrived on the premises Nigel remarked jokingly , ‘ Not too many lighthouses were made for a couple of years . ’ |
| 2 | Thereafter , although the Florentines continued to import English wool , they did not carry it in their own ships , and in the 1480s proposals were made for a wool staple at Pisa , with English ships having the monopoly of the carrying . |
| 3 | Meanwhile plans were made for a visit to Italy . |
| 4 | When it is applied to video materials for language teaching , it mostly seems to mean that the materials were made for an audience of native speakers . |
| 5 | Calls were made for an end to commercial strikes and to the involvement of children in the process . |