Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] were [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | because there was erm before the war there was a blacklist of schools which were due for reor reorganization and erm |
| 2 | The 1983 report had identified the crucial issue for North Shields as the need for the development of an adequate marketing facility in the port to attract larger visiting vessels which were responsible for 54% , of landings in 1982 . |
| 3 | In less than a generation the pirate peoples who were notorious for forging themselves and their sailing craft through impossible conditions had acquired the ability to command undreamed-of tonnage and horsepower with their big toes . |
| 4 | In addition , restrictions on the mobility of available tutors through the combined effects of severe petrol rationing and the withdrawal or serious unpunctuality of public transport services further curtailed the list of those tutors who were available for teaching . |
| 5 | ‘ We tried to find visiting times which were suitable for the teachers concerned as well as the Subject Assessor , but it was n't always possible ’ . |
| 6 | The Directive was concerned with relations between competent authorities which were responsible for protecting the interests of investors and companies . |
| 7 | Instead of leaving economic decisions to the free hand of the marketplace , economic decisions were made by highly centralised states which were responsible for resource allocation and the planning of economic activities . |
| 8 | But , once there , the factory created the demand for technologies which were appropriate for factory production , and these technologies almost certainly enhanced efficiency . |
| 9 | Although the petitioners realised that it was government policies which were responsible for the impoverishment of the masses , the movement did not oppose government , it appealed to it for improvements . |
| 10 | R. A. Butler , the new Chancellor , was , moreover , unwilling to take chances on market forces in areas which were vital for his economic strategy , such as the export drive . |
| 11 | This was necessary since 40 per cent of the EC 's population lived in areas which were eligible for assistance , ( including 37 per cent of West Germany 's population ) . |
| 12 | This technique has been used to find the amounts of elements such as iron , sodium , potassium , aluminium , calcium , magnesium , lithium and phosphorus in the flint , and it was the concentrations of these elements which were different for different mines . |
| 13 | The scientists and technicians who were responsible for running the vessel were all ranking members of the Imperial Survey Service ; but that did not mean that they had the slightest notion about running either a tight or a tidy ship . |
| 14 | The Grand Almoner was the Archbishop of Paris , who was assisted by a vicar-general and five chaplains who were responsible for the services in the chapels of the Imperial residences . |
| 15 | The quotas did not include refugees who were eligible for admittance if they could show a " well-founded fear of persecution " in their homelands . |
| 16 | Moreover , it had become clear from the opinion polls that the unpopularity of the new tax was being laid at the door of the government which had introduced it , rather than the local authorities who were responsible for levying and collecting it . |
| 17 | The 3,500 Zimbabwean troops guarding strategic trade routes remained in position and did not withdraw by Nov. 15 as originally envisaged , on the grounds that their departure would leave unprotected the corridors which were essential for the transport of drought relief aid to Zimbabwe , Zambia and Malawi . |
| 18 | Although this rank was that of a clerk , in the Constantian period it was applied to those officials who were responsible for the minutes of the imperial consistory and some of them rose to the highest ranks . |
| 19 | Erm the ta the the weave is based on the discovery of a seal , an seal , were the royal officials who were responsible for the quality of exported cloth . |
| 20 | This was a fluctuating group of four or five individuals who were responsible for the literary output of the organization . |
| 21 | Whilst in no way related , the stories of the pea and the pine serve to illustrate the many facets of plant introduction through the ages , reminding us of those thoughtful , artistic , practical and often intrepid individuals who were responsible for the plants which grace our parks and gardens today . |
| 22 | Films what were those for , what ? |
| 23 | One of the major contracts we were responsible for during that time was the construction of the Wemmershoek Dam for Cape Town City Council . |
| 24 | Bernheim 's results suggested that he had found some substances which were good for tubercle bacilli , and , by applying the principle of competitive antagonism , he sought closely related compounds which would also be taken up by them but would block the pathway of the stimulants . |
| 25 | For instance in one area recently there has been a series of protests and demonstrations regarding poor and inadequate housing conditions , the majority of the members of the committees which were responsible for organising the protests are members of the IRA . |
| 26 | It also reflects the fact that many of the younger , landowning county MPs were simply absent from Westminster ; as Yeomanry officers they were liable for service in wartime and , although the Yeomanry could not be compelled to serve abroad , few did not volunteer . |
| 27 | Moreover , it was these official publications which were responsible for employing the very few Africans who gained journalistic and editorial experience . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , large areas of the Palace remained very ill-lit ; servants who were responsible for the maintenance of the oil lamps , the only means of lighting the corridors and the small dark private staircases , were obliged to circulate day and night . |
| 29 | MANDARINS are the Treasury civil servants who were responsible for insisting that Britain stayed in the ERM and who , it is said , traditionally get things wrong . |
| 30 | ‘ On all other fronts we were ready for them , but we 'll put what we can into this one . ’ |