Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] was [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a batch of orangs was ready for return to the forest they were put in crates and carried by porters up the banks and along the bed of the Bohorok river — the forest there is far too dense to walk through — and released at least 15 miles ( 24 km ) from the station . |
| 2 | The remaining web of streets was due for redevelopment — the standard solution to housing decay in the last couple of decades . |
| 3 | Despite the proximity of the sea and the mean wind that gathered and spread salt , this community of trees was renowned for its health . |
| 4 | Meanwhile a huge cauldron of vegetables was simmering for the curry . |
| 5 | Although the Bill of Rights was important for enumerating various " Liberties of this Kingdom " ( Some of which were to be similarly expressed during the following century in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution ) , its essential purpose was to assert the position of Parliament in relation to the Crown . |
| 6 | The ostensible purposes of this Act were to ensure that an adequate supply of bodies was available for dissection in the teaching hospitals and anatomy schools , whilst eliminating the nefarious activities of the body-snatchers , whose commerce had nourished the medical profession . |