Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for far [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A wide range of constituents of the drilling mud and formation waters were determined on site , and samples were collected for further analysis at Keyworth .
2 Thirty proposals were submitted for the 2001 launch , of which four were selected for further study .
3 The notes were studied subsequently , or in cases of blood tests initiated by general practitioners these doctors were contacted for further information .
4 One patient ( man aged 69 ) in whom H pylori had successfully been eradicated was recalled for further study .
5 Despite some degree of battlefield success at Dezful — in the course of which Iraq captured a number of British-made Chieftain tanks which it put on display before foreign journalists at al-Amarah in the central sector just as Iraq 's own armour , mainly Russian in origin , was gathering for further fighting at Ahwaz — Dezful did not fall either and the Iranians were far from having been routed .
6 At a Salzburg meeting on June 24-25 , originally timetabled with the intention that it would mark the conclusion of the EEA negotiations , the fisheries issue again proved intractable , and was referred for further discussion by the joint high-level negotiating group ( HLNG ) , while in the joint communiqué ministers " reaffirmed their joint commitment to conclude the negotiations before the summer break " .
7 However , Indonesia in particular was reluctant to endorse the proposal and it was referred for further discussion at committee level .
8 He was transferred for further treatment to a medical ward , and the other 2 patients were discharged .
9 He expressed Yugoslavia 's wish for closer economic ties with the EC , and was looking for further aid .
10 One monoclonal antibody , KS128 , demonstrated high expression on freshly prepared peripheral blood lymphocytes ( PBL ) , monocytes and granulocytes ( data not shown ) and was selected for further study .
11 The school was selected for further study from a register of such schools , the preparation of which is described in Chapter 10 .
12 The mean of two measurements was used for further analysis .
13 Samples ( 1 ml ) were taken for measurement of salivary pH and pCO 2 and the remainder was retinaed for further analysis .
14 A more far-reaching agreement on reductions in strategic nuclear arms , which at the time of the Malta summit had been thought imminent , was deferred for further discussion .
15 On 28 September — the day of the relief of the alcazar — the meeting was reconvened for further discussion .
16 The post in Hertfordshire , also vacant , was left for further consideration and was eventually filled in 1959 .
17 When she was taken for further interrogation the following day , it was with mixed feelings of anticipation and dread .
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