Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inter-word boundary effects were not implemented for the first prototype . |
| 2 | The foundations of the colonial era , during which white European nations dominated vast areas of Asia , Africa and Latin America , were fatally undermined for the first time during the turbulent second decade of the twentieth century . |
| 3 | At the 1970 Annual General Meeting as said above , rumblings of discontent about the relative rights and status of bondholders were formally voiced for the first time . |
| 4 | The new date for the first round had been announced on Feb. 4 , when new provisional dates were also given for the second round ( March 8 ) and the two rounds of the presidential elections ( March 22 and April 5 ) . |
| 5 | Tailored awards , designed to meet the specific needs of particular organisations and employers , were also offered for the first time , attracting over 500 candidates . |
| 6 | They were also allowed for the first time to subsidize denominational primary schools . |
| 7 | Initial laser treatment had been successful and bowel symptoms were well controlled for the first two months after radiotherapy in all patients . |
| 8 | NEWLY DEVELOPED by InTec 's materials department , HIVOL ‘ Metal Matrix Composites ’ were recently shown for the first time at an exhibition . |
| 9 | Stools were quantitatively collected for the last three days ( 72 hours ) of the test . |
| 10 | Fortunately for Napoleon III , Alexander II was so involved for the next six years with the internal reconstruction of his Empire , which the Crimean War had shown to be lamentably weak , that he had no time for a ‘ forward ’ policy in Europe which might thwart French designs . |
| 11 | Moments after the fighter had dipped its wings , the RAF ensign was gently lowered for the last time at Biggin Hill , Kent . |
| 12 | Payment of income support is related to pension payment days , and she was not remunerated for the first five days of the elderly person 's occupation . |
| 13 | The price list agreed by masters and men in 1787 was generally observed for the next twenty years and with employment brisk , knitters were able to earn , up to 1810 , 14 to 15s ( 70-75p ) a week for a twelve- to thirteen-hour day : too much for their own good , according to a local clerical magistrate . |
| 14 | Strangely , it was later used for the first city telegraph ! |
| 15 | Fibre Channel Standard technology was also featured for the first time in a cluster and high-speed networking environment . |
| 16 | Anne Seaton taught at a SKFA ‘ associated movement ’ course in Glasgow in February and at a WLHB charity rally in Ayr in March ( specification — tow identical half-hour sessions , each for 100 people , using balls and clubs ) ; Anne was also invited for the second year to help judge a heat in the Movement and Recreative Dance section of SKFA 's Open National Championship . |
| 17 | Why was Sharp dropped for the last few games , and did he play today ? |
| 18 | From there he was transferred to a prison in Rabat , where he was severely tortured for the next three days . |
| 19 | Polythene was virtually forgotten for the next two and a half years . |
| 20 | But in 1888 , two years after my father was born , the newly constituted county councils were created and Oxfordshire was systematically governed for the first time . |
| 21 | The existence of the Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS ) , commonly known as MI6 , was publicly acknowledged for the first time by the government when Major announced on May 6 that the service would , like its domestic intelligence counterpart MI5 [ see p. 37158 ] , be placed on a statutory basis during the 1992-93 session of Parliament , and confirmed that its Chief was Sir Colin McColl . |