Example sentences of "were [adj] for all [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They said cautions were acceptable for all age groups for a wide range of unspecified offences .
2 Curves were similar for all metals except iron , which had much higher contamination values even after five collections .
3 With the exception of an occasional haemorrhoid , findings were negative for all types of colorectal pathology , and none of the control patients or their families had histories of either colorectal malignancy or inflammatory bowel disease .
4 Mr Barwise-Munro felt there was still a great deal to learn about bovine obstetrics and he discounted the farmer 's view that bulls were responsible for all problems , saying : ‘ The bull is important but we also have to consider the pelvic area of the female .
5 Those officers were especially selected from erm the firearms officers we had available at that time and they were responsible for all firearms operations within the county .
6 Hospital notes were available for all patients .
7 But in the past there was certainly considerable diversity in secondary schools at least about what subjects were compulsory for all pupils , and how soon they might give them up .
8 There could not , however , be prescriptions that were valid for all cases ; national policy was a ‘ continuous creation ’ , and what was necessary above all was a realistic and undogmatic approach , free of national chauvinism but receptive to legitimate expressions of national self-consciousness .
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