Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Board of Trade 's official figure for 1892 was 20,000 and for 1893 , 15,000 but for the latter year it may actually have been less , little more than 12,000 . |
| 2 | A study in West Yorkshire found that the overall risk for bladder cancer for male smokers was 1.7 and for female smokers 1.4 [ 8 ] . |
| 3 | Food was short and for two days I was kept running round trying to buy up supplies , with the result that I had to retire to bed with blistered feet . |
| 4 | As a baby I was fractious and for most of my childhood I was exuberant , passionate and hyperactive . |
| 5 | There was a recognition of the hidden agenda and the response of the Trade Union Movement was overwhelming and for that we are grateful . |
| 6 | The proportion of cases among those with missing data was disproportionately higher in the Maori group , leading to a greater odds ratio when compared with the non-Maori children ( univariate odds ratio of those with full data was 3.42 and for those without full data 4.60 ) . |