Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whole blood cyclosporin trough levels were measured weekly for two months and then monthly for the remainder of the study using high performance liquid chromatography . |
| 2 | ‘ A new direction was felt desirable for both parties . |
| 3 | France was the main foreign influence : French military advisers came to establish military training schools , the French language was made compulsory for all students , and libraries of mainly French books were opened . |
| 4 | Medical inspection was made compulsory for all children . |
| 5 | He was made responsible for marine operations , an area of the business totally new to him . |
| 6 | It was thought improper for elderly women to wear bright clothes . |
| 7 | He went into such deep shock after the frenzied sex murder two months ago that he was struck dumb for 24 hours . |
| 8 | Mutalibov , President of Azerbaijan from May 1990 , resigned in March 1992 but was returned to office briefly in May after his successor Yagub Mamedov was held responsible for Azeri defeats in the disputed Armenian enclave of Nagorny-Karahakh . |
| 9 | A gun 's been recovered after the latest attack , in which a store manager was held captive for six hours . |