Example sentences of "was open for " in BNC.

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1 By 1988 , a fishing timeshare scheme had been successfully launched , the cottages were rented out and the lodge was open for guests .
2 At a time when the feature industry was undergoing a re-examination and the documentary movement was split between filmmakers who felt that they should reach out to a cinema audience , and those like Grierson himself who preferred to exhibit films outside the theatre ( e.g. town halls , schools , etc. ) , the possibility was open for some sort of rapprochement between the documentary and the fiction film .
3 I would go and find a place that was open for business .
4 The way was open for the Cabinet committee to get back to work .
5 He had recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the College of Physicians ; the future was open for furtherance .
6 A high hedge of hibiscus screened all of the front from passers-by , except the window at the end which Nana used as a shop counter , letting down the shutter when she was open for business .
7 The exhibition was open for five weeks until 5th June , when it had to make way for models of the Wellington monument competition .
8 In August , the forge was open for the reception of subscribers ' horses , at one shilling per shoe .
9 The sliding glass panel was open for the first time ever .
10 When this was defeated , early in 1937 , the way was open for the ‘ People 's Front ’ — a broad anti-fascist alliance intended to involve Liberals and dissident Tories as well as socialists and the Labour movement .
11 This second bid avoided reference to the MMC and thus the way was open for a contested takeover battle between Guinness and Argyll for control of Distillers .
12 But last night the August Moon was open for business as usual .
13 What she liked about the shop was that it was open for business on every day of the year .
14 Geoff Hurst 's maitre d ’ demeanour advertised that he was open for business — he 's the one who has been able to make his World Cup exploits play for him in recent years ; he 's semi-permanently on the road with an old-ones-are-the-best-ones floorshow and anecdotal package .
15 The way was open for radical reforms .
16 Einstein proposed a box full of radiation with a clock-operated shutter , so arranged that it was open for a time At , letting out some radiation during this period .
17 The way was open for the invasion of Italy , a strategy which Churchill had advocated when he met Roosevelt at Casablanca in January 1943 .
18 With Lauda sidelined , the way was open for Hunt to close the gap even further .
19 But next day the Market Burger House was open for business as usual .
20 Second , it was open for employers to challenge the content of courses where they felt that it was irrelevant to industrial relations ( an option increasingly taken up by employers in the past five years ) .
21 And our er workshop was open for and they got every assistance and every help from my father in these days .
22 Thus , by the end of the first week of August , between 8,000 and 9,000 soldiers had been transferred from North Africa to Seville , and the way was open for more to follow throughout the summer .
23 We found it easily enough and it was open for business — at least it was when they went in .
24 Sgt Geoff Williams , head of Chester 's Special Initiative Squad , who believes the parlour was open for three days , said : ‘ It is obviously a sensitive place and we acted as soon as we could to close it .
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