Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [was/were] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The access was never meant to be it was meant to be further in and and we all for well know , the permission was for a drive to come down through the wood , which would have been very attractive and a garage on the end of the property . |
| 2 | Mrs Metcalfe said : ‘ The money was for the electricity bill . |
| 3 | Thus in Cammell Laird and Co Ltd v Manganese Bronze and Brass Co Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 402 , the contract was for the provision of two propellers for a specified ship and it was held that the sellers knew the purpose for which the propellers were required , ie that they should be suitable for the ship in question . |
| 4 | In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire . |
| 5 | The contract was for the sale by a Dutch company of aluminium foil some of which the buyers ( an English company ) were to use in their manufacturing process . |
| 6 | This could not be done where the contract was for the sale of purely generic goods . |
| 7 | The plaintiffs claimed repayment of the purchase price on the basis that the contract was for the sale of goods by description within s13(1) of SGA 1979 and could , therefore , be avoided on the grounds of misdescription . |
| 8 | They constitute an acknowledgment by the delegates , committee and officers that the Association was for the time being inadequately organised and funded for undertaking major tasks on the national scene . |
| 9 | In Washington , a US defence official said : ‘ The plan was for a raid of high intensity and fairly short duration . ’ |
| 10 | The plan was for a show of swift action by a ‘ listening Government ’ to counter the demoralising effects of the Newbury and county council election disasters on May 6 . |
| 11 | The plan was for a plant bigger than one already operating at Wakefield in Yorkshire . |
| 12 | The plan was for the Unit to reform in the middle of this year . |
| 13 | To get round this , the plan was for the Government to ‘ lease ’ these employees to the railway at less onerous rates . |
| 14 | The plan was for the financiers to place deals based on the probable impact of the column on the market and then share the profits . |
| 15 | The cutters and machinists were to remain at the club house for another twelve and eighteen months respectively but the plan was for the printers to move immediately into the new premises . |
| 16 | Tremayne showed a modicum of anxiety but no sympathy , and the anxiety was for the horse . |
| 17 | I was also careful to explain BW 's policy as regards cycling on the towpath , and I emphasised that the work was for the benefit of all users and gave Spokes members no rights whatsoever . |
| 18 | I was also careful to explain BW 's policy as regards cycling on the towpath , and emphasised that the work was for the benefit of all users and gave Spokes members no rights whatsoever . |
| 19 | A purchaser is only likely to avoid liability for dismissals before completion if either the dismissal was for a reason unconnected with the sale ( eg gross misconduct ) or the dismissal was sufficiently far in advance of completion that it was not connected with the sale . |
| 20 | But Bianco was adamant the expediting of the process was for the benefit of staff and users alike . |
| 21 | Further institutional integration would depend on political circumstances , and the aim was for the Krajina Assembly 's mandate to be endorsed by the Serbian Assembly . |
| 22 | The procedure was for the investigator to ask for the location of any item already known in advance to be on the shop 's fourth floor . |
| 23 | Between four thousand and five thousand people took part and the demands of the rally were for a crash housing programme , a fair points system for the allocation of houses and legal control over the letting of furnished accommodation . |
| 24 | In 1992/93 , the request was for a 40% increase on the previous year 's subscription from 50p per 1,000 population ( £371.50 ) to 70p per 1,000 population(£520.03) . |
| 25 | The nearest clean water was from the standpipe in the churchyard ; they did not like to wash their finds there , because the water was for the flowers on the graves , but Martha fetched some in a bucket . |
| 26 | The museum part has only cost FFr150 million and the rest was for the library ’ . |
| 27 | The academy was for the future . |
| 28 | The discretion was for the District Courts to exercise , but they were urged to be sensitive to the interests expressed in the Convention . |
| 29 | The sports were in fact more of a backcloth than the central event ; the real purpose of the day was for the parents to prowl around the school inspecting the various displays of work set up in the classrooms , and compare the achievement of their offspring with that of others . |
| 30 | One of the first tasks of the day was for the girls to prepare freshly squeezed orange juice . |