Example sentences of "[noun sg] was made for " in BNC.

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1 Crowe and Anthea Warburton lay parallel , Anthea pale only by contrast with Lady Rose 's bright darkness , and with the sunburnt red earth colour of Crowe , who had the look of a man bronzed against nature by willpower and decisive planning , a man whose ruddiness was made for peeling crimson but who had constrained his skin to stay on — even the thin shiny tonsure — and go terra-cotta .
2 Consequently a search was made for histamine antagonists which blocked the H2 receptor .
3 A search was made for camp-stools , and about half a dozen were found .
4 A search was made for an apt sock-it-to-him opening remark , yet nothing came .
5 Consequently , the other entries had to be shuffled and no entry was made for K2 500m and K4 1km .
6 And her soft , full-lipped mouth was made for kissing .
7 Her nose was too small to balance her high flat cheekbones , and her mouth was made for a face at least two sizes larger .
8 The suggested solution to this problem was to use the symbol , which does not represent any single phoneme ; a similar proposal was made for .
9 The Emperor 's armour was made for him by Dwarf smiths and incorporates some of the actual armour worn by Magnus the Pious at the battle of Kislev .
10 Such a laugh was made for very few .
11 I do n't think any of us have ever seen it my Lord , erm the erm , the just , the , in this was a case where you will find er that er a reference was made for guidance as to the scope of the broadcasting directive
12 Possible tests would include testing the wheat from which the poisonous bread was made for the presence of the fungus , cultivating the fungus on some specially prepared wheat and testing the nourishing effect of the bread produced from it , chemically analysing the fungus for the presence of known poisons , and so on .
13 No adjustment was made for multiple tests of significance .
14 At Conques she stayed , and a beautiful shrine was made for her which still survives .
15 Paley compares the eye with a designed instrument such as a telescope , and concludes that " there is precisely the same proof that the eye was made for vision , as there is that the telescope was made for assisting it " .
16 United 's goalscoring slowed significantly in the second half of the season , but no move was made for a striker until £1 million Dion Dublin arrived in August .
17 Paley compares the eye with a designed instrument such as a telescope , and concludes that " there is precisely the same proof that the eye was made for vision , as there is that the telescope was made for assisting it " .
18 The Commission had taken much of its case from the evidence of the BBFC , differing only in proposing that the private exhibition of films on domestic occasions should not be subject to criminal sanction provided that no person under 16 was present and no charge was made for the exhibition or for anything provided in connection with it .
19 A charge was made for the abstraction , and this was based upon the maximum figure on the licence .
20 A second charge certificate will be issued to the husband , and the Land Registry will serve notice of the second charge on the first mortgagee ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s30 as amended by Law of Property ( Amendment ) Act 1926 , s5 ) where the first charge was made for securing further advances ( in addition to the original advance ) .
21 Holly found a place at the end of a table , extra room was made for him .
22 The room was done whenever she , the room was made for her !
23 Although the old colours ranged widely and included deep or light red , blue , ‘ grizzle ’ and all-white , nearly all had white finching and white on the belly and face and early selection was made for the famous white face in contrast to a deep , rich red body colour set off by the white brisket , belly , legs , shoulder stripe and tail switch .
24 Shamir insisted that the alliance was made for purely pragmatic reasons and that his government remained firmly opposed to the policy of " transfer " .
25 ‘ It was always planned he would come back on the bus , but when the usual head count was made for the return journey we , of course , had the same number as when we started out — without Kenny . ’
26 The route chosen was Mansfield Road , and starting at the North-East corner of Market Square , the count was made for 2 mins every 200 yards up Clumber Street , Milton Street and Mansfield Road .
27 An appointment was made for him to see an orthopaedic consultant who had a monthly clinic in Bala .
28 Donal was married on August 29 and shortly afterwards an appointment was made for him at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London .
29 My Lord the er plaintiff Mr er telephoned the National Westminster Bank the following day in order to er make an appointment to discuss the finances further and an appointment was made for the twenty second of October .
30 More important , in 1762 recruitment was made for the first time a direct concern of the government , taking it out of the hands of the regimental officers who had hitherto controlled it .
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