Example sentences of "[was/were] a [noun] for which " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weather was a hazard for which the organization had little to offer — apart from a heavy serge cape , and a stout pair of boots or ‘ scuffers ’ . |
| 2 | It was a tribute for which the events of the next three years provided ample justification . |
| 3 | This was a case for which a substantial punishment was called for , and in the absence of a plea of guilty , a sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , S.53(2) of at least two years would have been called for . |
| 4 | It was a post for which he was singularly unsuited and from which he removed himself or was gently pushed in September 1939 , but , though he failed to hit it off with the central committee , he did bring to the organisation the stamp of institutional legitimacy . |
| 5 | What he produced was a volume for which he really should have kept his title The Conduct of the Kitchen — a title borrowed incidentally from Meredith — because that was just what the book of menus was about : the logical and orderly conduct of a kitchen as related to daily life and seen not through the medium of a few isolated menus for special occasions , but as part of the natural order of everyday living . |
| 6 | It was a reaction for which Police Chief Darryl Gates was widely criticized and which he , in retrospect , admitted had been a serious mistake . |
| 7 | This was a task for which Wilson Jr , who had been at best an indifferent driver himself , was palpably unfitted . |
| 8 | The plaintiffs ' underlying complaint seems to be that C.M.C. borrowed more than it needed and spent more of the borrowed money than it could afford to spend , with the result that there was a loss for which the plaintiffs have been held personally liable as guarantors . |
| 9 | Most of the year , the matrons of Tollemarche regarded their husbands as nuisances better out of the house , but the ball was an occasion for which husbands , sweethearts , even brothers , were in great demand . |