Example sentences of "it was [verb] for " in BNC.
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1 | Poland was condemned because it was not a proper nation-state , but it was condemned for its efforts to become one . |
2 | It was condemned for its ‘ two-dimensional characters ’ ( Mayne 1961:316 ) , lack of ‘ moral passion ’ ( Bergonzi 1961:297 ) , lack of profundity ( Price 1961:332 ) , ‘ misanthropic spleen ’ , and smugness ( Hope 1961:1486 ) . |
3 | In addition to the splitting there has occurred some penetration of very thin plates of bone such as occur on the scapula ( Fig. 1.4N ) and some breakage of the borders of such bone ( the scapula illustrated here was not modified in any way before it was exposed for weathering ) . |
4 | It initiated liquidation proceedings after the sum it was owed for components it had supplied reached £2.1 million . |
5 | It was compiled for Count Henry the Liberal of Champagne , by clerks of tidy but innovative mind , alert to the political potential in acquiring , recording and categorizing information . |
6 | It was created for a group of mums who felt their babies were too old for new mums but not yet ready for the rough and tumble of open houses . |
7 | It was created for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory , not for that of the parties to the agreement . |
8 | It implies for example , it was created for some kind of purpose . |
9 | If it was Jack Stone , then if he wanted Doyle 's private number it was to ask for help . |
10 | For a long time he stood in front of the town map , gazing at it as though he would memorise its every feature , and when he turned away it was to ask for a cup of coffee . |
11 | It was done for Harlech and LWT ( 1967 ) and for TVS and TSW ( 1981 ) in pre-evisting regions , and for Yorkshire TV ( 1967 ) and TV-AM ( 1981 ) with new franchises . |
12 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
13 | And from that day it was done for both of us . ’ |
14 | Albeit I think it was done for the parish council so . |
15 | In the 1980–1 session , for example , it was catering for teachers of nearly twenty further education colleges within a radius of 100 miles of the Institute . |
16 | North Tyneside Council said the riot-torn Meadow Well estate was among areas it was considering for the cash . |
17 | It showed that beneath the granite exterior emotion did exist , even if it was struggling for survival . |
18 | Leeds also had the ball in the net with the last kick of the first half but it was disallowed for no apparent reason . |
19 | In the event it was to continue for longer than could possibly have been envisaged . |
20 | It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France , neither of which was a signatory of the treaty . |
21 | To return to the ECSC Treaty , it was concluded for a period of 50 years only and is therefore due to expire in less than ten years from now . |
22 | It was argued for the husband that the wife should have been awarded a lump sum of £532,000 , calculated in accordance with the principles established in Preston v Prestion ( 1982 ) Fam 17 and Duxbury v Duxbury ( 1987 ) FLR 7 , to provide sufficient income to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the former wife of a millionaire . |
23 | It was argued for the defendants that the wife would not be liable to tax on the damages she received , while her lost income would have been taxable in her hands , and that therefore she should be awarded damages in respect of her net loss after deducting tax . |
24 | It was argued for the defendant , on the authority of Nicholson v. Revill , 4 Ad. & E. 675 , that a creditor could not release one joint and several debtor and hold another liable by reserving remedies . |
25 | It was argued for the defendant in the present appeal that Dobson v. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Plc . |
26 | On appeal , it was argued for the miners that the instructions to turn back were unlawful , and the police had no power to require them to turn back . |
27 | The University denied it was hoping for some form of financial benefit from the visit . |
28 | It was to last for some months yet . |
29 | She would not have done it if it was to last for more than four days . |
30 | It was to last for nine hours , spreading from the Olympic Stadium into the streets , houses and offices of Charlottenburg , before the riot police , with their armoured vehicles and water cannons , brought the whole thing under control . |