Example sentences of "[ex0] was the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Photographers were tending to adopt that method on every job , even if there was the opportunity for a natural approach . |
| 2 | Where the Colonel Generals , where the Colonels , where the Majors of Headquarters had failed , idiot buggers , there was the opportunity for an ambitious Captain to succeed . |
| 3 | Finally there was the ticket for the left-luggage office at Paddington station , something that could only cross the Atlantic by hand . |
| 4 | There was the experience for Daniel of falling in the water at a very early age , followed by the frequent admonitions of his anxious parents . |
| 5 | There was the prizefighting for Midnight and she could work . |
| 6 | There was the call for a " scientific " approach that would dig beneath the formalities of the constitution into the harder practice of informal politics , political behaviour , and the process of public policy-making itself . |
| 7 | There was the crusher for grinding the corn and the chaff cutter for chaffing the the the er hay or straw and there was the scrapper . |
| 8 | And at last , Rosalba sighed , smilingly , as she dipped and looped and drew out the thread herself , there was the dress for the sorceress . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , while then as now there were important class differences among women , there was the potential for some women to exert indirect influence over the public domain from their power bases within the family ( as , for example , the wives , mothers , mistresses of powerful men ) . |
| 10 | Oh yes there was Oh yeah , there was all the implements for that there was the the grubber and there was the plough and there was the harress and there was the Scarefair and er wh wh whatever you call the the the driller , there there was the driller for the for this turnips or the neeps . |
| 11 | Even this attritional logic left one ‘ gap ’ in the law ; where the affray took place in private as opposed to public , it could be argued that there was the need for the presence of an actual ( as opposed to a hypothetical ) bystander . |
| 12 | I dug it out and there was the remedy for rust stains — moisten with lemon juice , sprinkle with salt , place in the sun , then rinse off . |
| 13 | And there was the medal for the ‘ Best Child in the World ’ . |
| 14 | In addition to the emphasis on vocal participation by congregations , there was the recognition for the first time of indigenous musical traditions . |