Example sentences of "that [noun prp] was [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day that Scott was appointed architect for the new India Office , 1st January , 1859 , came the opening of the controversy which was for the next thirty months to dominate the campaign to rebuild the Foreign Office . |
| 2 | In 1981 Israeli aircraft nevertheless destroyed Iraq 's big Osirak nuclear reactor , near Baghdad , on the grounds that Iraq was producing material for an atomic bomb there . |
| 3 | In late 1989 Ian Lang , then Minister for Education in the Scottish Office , announced that SCOTVEC was to take responsibility for the accreditation of Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 4 | Intel Corp president Andy Grove told the annual meeting that the company 's chip business remains strong and that it is ready to fight new competitors in the market place , Reuter reports : ‘ Our response to all these competitors has been to concentrate on getting better and faster products into the hands of our customers , ’ Grove said , adding that Intel was meeting demand for the 80486 but dealer and customer inventories were tight ; capital spending this year is now likely to hit $1,800m , up from the previously planned $1,600m ; executive vice-president Craig Barrett said the next generation P6 microprocessor will probably be unveiled in late 1995 or early 1996 ; Intel holders also approved a two for one share split to take effect in June . |
| 5 | The fact that the visit took place on the anniversary of Edmund 's death , together with the peacock cloak , suggests that Cnut was expressing concern for Edmund 's salvation . |