Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bogie cars were unsuitable for this arrangement and the small boxes were hung from the top edge of the dash either side . |
| 2 | County 's home form is one of the best in the country so Portsmouth were grateful for this deflection which disturbed Steve Cherry 's equilibrium . |
| 3 | The Dreadnought trams , with their double staircases , were ideal for this — as seen here — and four of them could move 360 people at a time ! |
| 4 | The GDR line is that Britain and the US were responsible for this ‘ collaboration with monopoly capital … without any democratic authorisation ’ . |
| 5 | If , in the jury 's opinion , the prosecution had proved beyond all doubt that the two men in the dock were responsible for this brave young constable 's demise , then they had but one course , and that was to bring a verdict of guilty of manslaughter . |
| 6 | While The Shadows were responsible for this red/pink mania , some years later Jimi Hendrix inspired most of these to be refinished or over-painted — this time mostly in white . |
| 7 | Technical and professional employees , senior staff and certain other employees with key skills ( such as data control staff with operating languages , job controllers and printed circuit board layout draftsmen ) were eligible for this relocation assistance , although the allowances package was dependent on the condition that the distance between the employee 's old home and Stevenage represented an increase of at least 15 miles compared with their old home to work journey . |
| 8 | Three oligonucleotides ( Figure 1 ) and single stranded M13mp18 DNA were necessary for this method , synthesized by a Pharmacia LKB Gene Assembler Plus ( Pharmacia LKB Biotechnology AB , Uppsala , Sweden ) and purified by separation on a 1.5 ml NAP TM -10 column ( Pharmacia LKB ) . |
| 9 | Page references were necessary for this so that pupils could quickly move from purpose to information . |
| 10 | Erm this has been to Great Parndon Committee so it 's been through the neighbourhoods er , community cycle and there has been an exhibition following that committee on Three Hills , which was very well attended by by tenants and residents and main feelings coming out of that was that erm the residents were keen for this to happen , certainly wanted something to happen erm er , on the estate particularly demolition of the four empty blocks . |
| 11 | The young men and women who were suitable for this important work would obviously need to be educated to a level above that of their prospective students . |
| 12 | They were true for this woman , but more important than that they 're true for you and they 're true for me today . |
| 13 | Later he was sorry for this and taught himself to read hymns and easy accompaniments . |
| 14 | She was sorry for this little man and his problem but she was in a tearing hurry . |
| 15 | I was grateful for this . |
| 16 | Massingham had driven in , for him , an unusual silence as if sensing that his chief was grateful for this small hiatus between knowledge and discovery . |
| 17 | I noticed I was grateful for this . |
| 18 | A Nestle spokesman said : ‘ Security was ultra-tight for this final episode . |
| 19 | The weather was favourable for this outdoor function hosted by Mr and Mrs Graveney and some £674 was collected . |
| 20 | The Pension Loan was ideal for this . ’ |
| 21 | With the short notice Lesley was unprepared for this event , having been on holiday the previous 2 weeks , and was disappointed in her own performance but enjoyed it as an international event . |
| 22 | Sara was unprepared for this , it was a dinner party after all , no one should spring this on her . |
| 23 | Conservative in aim , it was natural for this legislation to emphasise an obsolescent , legalistic definition , and evade contemporary reality . |
| 24 | In front of him were two other cars , which was unusual for this road . |
| 25 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 26 | ‘ Two years ago the Government ruled that a budget of £22.3m was reasonable for this council , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Bottlang was invaluable for this piece of navigation , particularly as we were starting to feel that the TPC map left something to be desired . |
| 28 | Who was responsible for this pleasant girl being effectively unemployable ? |
| 29 | Most likely the introduction of a cult of worship of the ruler was responsible for this development , which is reflected in small objects as in large statues . |
| 30 | We conclude that heterogeneous chemistry on background aerosols was responsible for this conversion , which brought with it the potential for additional ozone loss in the autumn . |