Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy . |
| 2 | erm it 's very interesting that in the Old Testament there 's no legislation about homelessness at all , which indicates it was n't a problem , and I suspect that this was for two reasons . |
| 3 | But this was for two flats . |
| 4 | to represent , to represent , this was for voluntary services . |
| 5 | In fact , both 53 and 54 covered these coaches : the original 53 was for six-wheeled versions and 54 for four-wheeled versions altered from the original six . |
| 6 | For example , one group focused specifically on the particular problems and needs of Asian parents , another was for older parents and carers , and several groups provided significant elements of direct service . |
| 7 | Sir Denys had little doubt that the coming months seem set to be as difficult as 1991 was for most countries , ‘ It would not be prudent at this stage to attempt to predict when recovery might begin ’ , he said , ‘ But when it comes , it is very likely to be gradual ’ . |
| 8 | The Science Citation Index also indicates that the outside world has not been developing ideas form German scientists : 2 per cent of citations in 1975 were for German papers compared with 4 per cent for the UK and 3 per cent from Japan . |
| 9 | These were for higher wages , reduced differentials , greater workplace control and more shopfloor participation in bargaining . |
| 10 | There were three failures ( 30% ) in the Crohn 's group ( all three were for pelvic sepsis and fistula ) and a further three failures ( 30% ) in the indeterminate colitis group ( one for fistula , one for recurrent pouchitis , and one because of incapacitating diarrhoea ) compared with nine failures ( 15% ) in the ulcerative colitis patients ( six for ischaemia , two for recurrent pouchitis , and one for poor functional results ) ( relative risk 2.03 ( 96% CI 0.81 to 5.10 ) ) . |
| 11 | Though the demand from industry and society at large was for better school education , the response came at first not from schools but from Youth Training Schemes for school-leavers , organized by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 12 | Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable . |
| 13 | 11 were for people with learning difficulty or mental handicap , and 4 were for elderly people with a mental impairment , 3 for elderly people who were physically frail , I for children and 1 for physically handicapped adults . |
| 14 | Only 87,300 grants were paid last year and 42,000 of those were for minor repairs or facilities for disabled people . |
| 15 | The longest period for which her mother was left alone was for three hours and Mrs Cahuac worked close by so that should anything happen to her mother during this period she could get home quickly . |
| 16 | The only sites where some time dependence of the blockages was apparent was for those derivatives with a pendant intercalator ( 2 , 3 , 5 and 6 ; Figures 2 and 3 ) . |
| 17 | Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable . |
| 18 | The cry by 1901 was for educated men ‘ of good social standing ’ to become ministers : ‘ Such men … are more needed now than before Board Schools provided hearers whose improved education demands preaching of a higher order than formerly . ’ |
| 19 | Two were for fulminant colitis , in one case Crohn 's disease was subsequently identified in the proctectomy specimen and in the other Crohn 's was recognised only in the ileal reservoir after excision . |
| 20 | Of the £78 million worth of UDGs , £35 million was for commercial developments , £26 million was for industrial developments and £17.5 million was for housing developments . |
| 21 | Responding to criticism that Germany was not pulling its weight within the alliance the government announced on Jan. 25 that its financial contribution to the Gulf effort totalled DM5,300 million , of which DM3,400 million was for Western allies and DM1,900 million for " frontline " Arab states ( US$1.00=DM1.4885 as at Jan. 28 , 1991 ) . |
| 22 | Egypt 's debt to the USA was estimated at dollars 10,000 million , of which dollars 4,500 million was for military purchases . |
| 23 | Of the £78 million worth of UDGs , £35 million was for commercial developments , £26 million was for industrial developments and £17.5 million was for housing developments . |
| 24 | And in that time I really only ever had one proper job and that was for two weeks . |
| 25 | That was for Cailean-A Rithist of Achnacloich , from Mrs Jane Nelson , Achnacloich , Connel , Argyll , and sold to Stewart Brown , Ringour , Castle Douglas . |
| 26 | But that was for bored husbands , and businessmen dating their secretaries . |
| 27 | Yeah , but I thought Take That was for twelve year olds . |
| 28 | Erm that was for twelve years . |
| 29 | I 'm not quite sure , that was for some reason . |
| 30 | And the horse it came up with this long wooden handle , I do n't know whether it was three or four , I ca n't remember , but that was for some couchgrass . |