Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , as needs changed , new words were coined for new situations and were ‘ Latinised ’ to fit more easily into the documents being called for . |
| 2 | Written guidelines were wanted for all tasks so that there are no recriminations when things go wrong . |
| 3 | Both carriageways were closed for eight hours causing huge tailbacks . |
| 4 | With the exception of the ten generals , who were elected annually by the assembly , most other public offices were filled for limited periods ( usually a year ) by citizens chosen by lot . |
| 5 | Similar offices were established for other bodies , such as the National Health Service . |
| 6 | At that time , the inhibition of enzymes was a particular focus of interest as a mechanism of action for drugs , and so nitrogen mustards were tested for such properties , without very striking results . |
| 7 | On March 6 pay bonuses were announced for all soldiers and an amnesty was declared for deserters and draft dodgers . |
| 8 | Because of some peroperative bile leakage , a subhepatic drain was positioned and antibiotics were given for five days . |
| 9 | Before the study , which was always performed in the morning , all subjects were starved for eight hours , avoided all medicines known to affect the gastrointestinal tract for at least 12 hours , and refrained from smoking for at least 24 hours . |
| 10 | Dummy variables were created for categorical variables . |
| 11 | The completion of the comprehensivization programme was arrested , and new opportunities were created for state-financed places at private schools . |
| 12 | He emphasised the consequent need for schools to ensure that adequate opportunities were provided for improving accomplishments in speaking and listening . |
| 13 | Four of these animals were lost for technical reasons and four because of intestinal obstruction ; the remainder ( n=39 ) were killed at 32 weeks . |
| 14 | The animals were treated for 28 days and the minipumps were changed every seventh day . |
| 15 | Animals were fasted for 15 hours before the operation . |
| 16 | The animals were fasted for 24 hours and then their abdomen was opened and the stomach exposed under light ether anaesthesia . |
| 17 | There were no restrictions about hair length as wigs were worn for most numbers . |
| 18 | Muscle strips were precontracted by 10 µM acetylcholine and the mean amplitude of steady state contractions was measured for two minutes before and after the addition of leucocytes . |
| 19 | There was no significant difference in response among models ( for displays and response measures : female models , , male models , ) , so responses were pooled for all models within each experiment . |
| 20 | The mixtures were incubated for 30 minutes at 25°C and centrifuged for 10 minutes . |
| 21 | Briefly , office development permits were required for new offices in London . |
| 22 | The neighbourhood associations were used for administrative functions , but members were also encouraged to spy and report on fellow members to minimize disloyalty and unpatriotic behaviour , encouraging an atmosphere of mutual suspicion . |
| 23 | Woodcuts were used for cheap publications , like the chapbooks sold by chapmen or pedlars ; but these had crude illustrations . |
| 24 | Before operation , the rats were fasted for 18 hours with free access to water and then anaesthetised with pentobarbital ( 60 mg/kg , intraperitoneally ) . |
| 25 | Rats were treated for eight days with indomethacin ( 2 mg/ kg , twice daily ) in addition to cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/kg daily ) . |
| 26 | Pancreatic lysosomes from chow fed rats were incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C with ethanol , acetaldehyde or phosphatidylcholine vesicles containing cholesteryl oleate . |
| 27 | Then our ash closets were exchanged for flush toilets . |
| 28 | Toll charters were issued for Kentish settlements such as Sarre and Dover in AD 761 and AD 696 X 716 respectively , in keeping with the centralisation of commercial activities demonstrated by the excavations at Hamwic and Ipswich . |
| 29 | Few railway lines were built for non-economic reasons . |
| 30 | In 1966 rate rebates were introduced for those householders unable to pay the full amount and by 1977/8 rebates went to 15 per cent of all households in England and Wales . |