Example sentences of "[adj] were [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as for defence , ’ he went on , ‘ Britain would be defended by arms manufactured in Germany or France just as well as by arms manufactured in Britain , if this were necessary for good economic reasons . ’ |
| 2 | Of the 80 unrelated control subjects , 53 were homozygous for the 3.6 kb fragment ( 3.6/3.6 ) , 23 were heterozygous — that is , they possessed both the 3.6 kb and the 3.5 kb fragment ; 3.6/3.5 kb ) — and four were homozygous for the 3.5 kb fragment ( 3.5/3.5 ) ( Table I ) . |
| 3 | The southern Vietminh , no less than those in the north , were to resist both principle and practice of the French return to power ; the French were unprepared for any alternative and Gracey 's forces were effectively caught in the middle . |
| 4 | When reality did begin to break in , as it inevitably did towards the end , the British were unprepared for it . |
| 5 | Actually 12 were unaccounted for at the end . ’ |
| 6 | Of 61 patients with gastric ulcer , 23 were homozygous for the large fragment ( 3.6/3.6 ) , 32 were heterozygous for the RFLP ( 3.6/3.5 ) , and six were homozygous for the small fragment ( 3.5/ 3.5 ) . |
| 7 | The recommendation was that 5,000 to 6,000 of these were suitable for inclusion in the lending section of any small or middle-sized library , and that the largest libraries would be expected to include almost the whole range of British books , amounting to about 17,000 titles . |
| 8 | Jim Fletcher had signalled that these were essential for any traveller in Romania . |
| 9 | The frescos also had high carbon levels , and these were responsible for the darkening of the paintings . |
| 10 | For the troops who were sent here in the summer of 1969 were ill-prepared for urban conflict . |
| 11 | Here , while the mood of the great hall slowly passed from them , all three were silent for a time . |
| 12 | A hgh hepatitis C virus circulation ( in Italy the prevalence of blood donors positive for anti-hepatitis C virus ranges from 0.68 to 1.38% ) could well account for the high prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus in our series of chronic liver disease with unknown aetiology ( 66 of 100 ) : of the 66 anti-hepatitis C virus positive cases , however , only 21 were positive for the autoantibodies currently considered as reliable markers of autoimmune hepatitis . |
| 13 | Altogether 406 infants met the study criteria , and the records of 402 were available for study : 215 during 1974–7 ( group A ) and 187 during 1988–91 ( group B ) . |
| 14 | The Board interviewed five candidates ( listed below ) and unanimously agreed that while all were suitable for the post , it recommended that Miss Valerie Muirhead be offered the post , to be taken up as soon as possible , at a salary two points below the maximum of the AA main scale . |
| 15 | All were eyeless for the crows and ravens pluck the succulent pieces first . |
| 16 | Of the latter , all were positive for antibody against hepatitis delta virus ( anti-HDV ) and had hepatitis delta virus antigen ( HDAg ) detectable in the liver . |
| 17 | ‘ 1991 and 1992 were disastrous for us , with business down 50pc on 1989 levels . |
| 18 | No longer would he have to pin all his hopes on the random burglaries that he 'd carried out in that first couple of days , none of which had turned up anything better than a shotgun or a low-calibre target weapon ; those were useless for his purpose , and he 'd left them where he 'd found them . |
| 19 | Until 1892 generally only those paying rates on property with a rateable value of £40 p.a. or more were eligible for election as Guardians . |
| 20 | Of 46 patients who had Nissen fundoplication for proved gastro-oesophageal reflux , 25 were available for follow up after a median of 20 years , 15 had died of unrelated causes , and six could not be traced . |
| 21 | Of 44 patients with chronic type B hepatitis without hepatitis delta virus infection , 28 were positve for hepatitis B virus-DNA in serum and HBcAg in the liver , and the remainder 16 were negative for both . |
| 22 | Of the 24 patients with chronic type D hepatitis , eight were positive for hepatitis B virus-DNA in serum and HBcAg in the liver , and the remainder 16 were negative for both . |
| 23 | These millions were ready for new forms of fun , or at least new combinations of familiar and proven elements . |
| 24 | Thirty two patients volunteered for the study , of whom eight were unsuitable for study ( because of untreated hypothyroidism , erratic diet and exercise , depression , a renal transplant , taking anticoagulants , taking benzodiazepines ( two ) , insufficient time ) . |
| 25 | Of the 24 patients with chronic type D hepatitis , eight were positive for hepatitis B virus-DNA in serum and HBcAg in the liver , and the remainder 16 were negative for both . |
| 26 | Of 61 patients with gastric ulcer , 23 were homozygous for the large fragment ( 3.6/3.6 ) , 32 were heterozygous for the RFLP ( 3.6/3.5 ) , and six were homozygous for the small fragment ( 3.5/ 3.5 ) . |
| 27 | Of 61 patients with gastric ulcer , 23 were homozygous for the large fragment ( 3.6/3.6 ) , 32 were heterozygous for the RFLP ( 3.6/3.5 ) , and six were homozygous for the small fragment ( 3.5/ 3.5 ) . |
| 28 | One of the Committee members , Sir Thomas Fremantle , cited a comment by Chawner that Fludyer 's house and No. 15 were suitable for private use for another twenty-one years , and moved that Burton 's third scheme , retaining these houses , should be adopted . |
| 29 | Age Concern wrote in December to social security minister Nicholas Scott expressing anger severely disabled people over 65 were ineligible for the 1993 Fund . |
| 30 | Sunsail 's Oceanis 320s were fine for four people , but would be crowded with the full complement of six |