Example sentences of "in [adj] [was/were] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The largest individual fall in 1991 was for Victor Brauner whose mercurial rise of 720% between 1987 and 1990 could not be sustained . |
| 2 | The distinction between overseas and defence policy in 1951–5 was for Churchill almost as clear as that between the Defence Committee , which , with the Chiefs of Staff , he used to prosecute the Second World War , and the Lord President 's Committee under Anderson and Attlee , which he allowed to get on with handling the Home Front . |
| 3 | The Science Citation Index also indicates that the outside world has not been developing ideas form German scientists : 2 per cent of citations in 1975 were for German papers compared with 4 per cent for the UK and 3 per cent from Japan . |
| 4 | CCG 's first contract back in 1981 was for catering services for Shell on board the Stadrill . |
| 5 | North Tyneside MBC opposed both these developments pointing out that the Tyne Tunnel proposal in particular was for more square feet than currently existed in the whole of central North Shields . |
| 6 | It was really for myself at that time , in the same way that my buying the picture by Stubbs of ‘ Pumpkin with a Stable Lad ’ in 1936 was for myself . |
| 7 | The extent of the hidden need met by the Act was demonstrated by the fact that 93.6 per cent of pensions granted in 1912–13 were for the full amount of 5s 0d . |
| 8 | of money claims in the county court in 1989 were for less than £500 , the small claims limit . |