Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were cared for by friends at their home in nearby Witney . |
| 2 | Some 21 per cent of all flows into unemployment by men who had previously been employed were accounted for in this way , slightly more than were accounted for by redundancy ( 20 per cent ) or dissatisfaction with pay or conditions ( 19 per cent ) and considerably more than were accounted for by dismissals ( 10 per cent ) ( Wood , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | When Edward I , Langshanks , waged his wars against Wales and Scotland , his armies were paid for by loans from Luccan bankers and when he reneged on the loans , the bankers went bust and Florence became the international financier of the day . |
| 4 | His statue was followed in all by 31 more dating from the 17 to the 19C , most of which were paid for by aristocrats , the University and religious orders throughout Bohemia . |
| 5 | Action was called for in matters both of housing quality and quantity , and of distribution according to need . |
| 6 | As it developed , bureaucratic office-holding was competed for by members of noble families who formed patronage networks leading to factional feuds between rival clientages . |
| 7 | That this was an error was explained to the House by Lord Eversley , who then stated that ‘ the case was provided for by words which appear at the end of the clause ’ . |
| 8 | A substantial amount of information which is necessary and which indeed was asked for by members of your I believe at a previous oral question time erm as to the number that were printed you may be shocked to know that one hundred copies were made which means that the total cost of this , I think you will agree , very worthwhile public information , was four hundred and sixty one pounds and twenty one pence . |
| 9 | ITV was paid for by advertisements , carefully regulated by the Independent Broadcasting Authority . |