Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [adj] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , once there , the factory created the demand for technologies which were appropriate for factory production , and these technologies almost certainly enhanced efficiency . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Women also sat on school boards ( which were responsible for state elementary schools prior to 1902 ) , and the first generation of such women — elected during the 1870s — was particularly active . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The regional authorities in Wallonia , which were responsible for policy but dependent upon allocations ( based upon the number of pupils ) from central government , were unable to pay for such increases . |
| 7 | Part A goes ninety one to ninety six , part B ninety six to two thousand and six , sites adjacent to the urban area in the Greater York study er which were acceptable for development because corporately the districts and the county did not think that those sites discharged a greenbelt function as the greenbelt local plan was progressed those sites were excluded from the greenbelt erm and yes , we did identify a number of sites which did not conflict with greenbelt objectives erm on the urban edge . |
| 8 | Of these , 4562 ( 90% ) completed questionnaires , 4538 of which were valid for use in the analysis . |
| 9 | It was held that the accused was not guilty of theft because the transaction was a contract of sale which was voidable for mistake but had not been avoided . |
| 10 | The day before , the Transport Ministers had agreed on a timetable for the establishment of a high-speed rail network in northern Europe , costed provisionally at pounds 4,300 million , and incorporating the ( non-high-speed ) Channel Tunnel , which was due for completion in 1993 ( see p. 37158 ) . |
| 11 | Rostov was one of a very few special exceptions to the Imperial edict which excluded commoners from access to the bi-annual treatment which was necessary for administration of the drug , but he saw no reason to apprise the Adjudicator of the fact . |
| 12 | Undoubtedly the risings were connected with each other in so far as the news of the initial outbreak in Essex seems to have sparked off further unrest in adjacent counties , and later in more remote parts , and it is certain that the general circumstances of the time created an atmosphere which was ripe for revolt , but the differences of aim among the different groups of rebels suggest that each had its own grievances which it hoped to right by force . |
| 13 | Llewellyn ( 1986 ) points out that until 1974 banking supervision was carried out by the Bank 's Discount Office , which was responsible for money market operations . |
| 14 | The New York Police Department , which was responsible for security at John F. Kennedy Airport , had drafted in fifty men for the arrival of Jamel Mobuto 's delegation in America . |
| 15 | ‘ A workman , who had been injured through the breaking of a defective part in the machine with which he was working , brought an action of damages against his employers , and later convened as second defenders the manufacturers of the machine , who had supplied it to his employers , on averments to the effect that the accident had been caused by the fault of the manufacturers in that they failed to supply his employers with a machine which was safe for use by their servants . |
| 16 | All except Gooseneck , Amiss and one of the girls were in ordinary clothes , and having looked at what was available for breakfast Amiss wondered why they had bothered turning up at all . |
| 17 | Joseph Robinson was aware of what was good for business but he was also a man who prided himself on his love of sport : this meant that he had a responsibility to knowledge and experience . |
| 18 | In the short term though what was crucial for labour was the offer of more secure living standards . |
| 19 | Since neither side was ready to concede what was necessary for peace , hostilities were resumed in 1345 . |
| 20 | This new , private property would be , according to Engels and Morgan , in the hands of men , unlike the communal property of the gens , which was controlled by women , since they controlled the gens ; this was because Engels believed since men would be responsible for production at this stage it was natural that they would control what was necessary for production . |
| 21 | This approach attempted to identify what was problematic for manufacturing industry in those areas where it was declining fastest and , on the other hand , what was attractive about the areas where it was growing , at least relatively . |