Example sentences of "were [art] [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So dramatic were the claims for some of these anti-ageing products that there were rumblings to the effect that such powerful preparations ought to be classified as ‘ drugs ’ . |
| 2 | Now what , pray , were the grounds for that . |
| 3 | The obsession with health in a disease-ridden society explains part of their attractions , but equally important were the opportunities for social and sexual intercourse , flirtation , gaming and marriage-broking which were essential to the more ambitious and less well-established members of the landed orders and their imitators . |
| 4 | The mean metal concentrations in fasting gastric juice of patients is shown in Table III ; there were no differences for any of the metals between the two groups of patients , nor were there differences between those with duodenal and gastric ulcers . |
| 5 | There were no roads for wheeled traffic until after 1750 . |
| 6 | An Outer London authority noted that funds were specifically budgeted for training but that there were no budgets for individual departments , and that therefore they could not state a specific amount . |
| 7 | It will be the first time that the Unita leader has met a British minister , and only a few days ago the Angolan ambassador in London was assured by a Foreign Office official that there were no plans for such a meeting . |
| 8 | The national figures , released by the Municipal Mutual Insurance company , showed schools particularly prone to vandalism were encouraged to employ 24hour security guards , however there were no plans for this in North Yorkshire , Durham or Cleveland . |
| 9 | ‘ Until recently , ’ Carl said , ‘ there were no provisions for new ideas , so I kept them in my files until a need arose . |
| 10 | In addition , there are no regulatory restraints against entry to the market , and until recently there were no regulations for dedicated specific capital or prudential controls on players ' activities , except ( in the case of universal banks ) to the extent that banking supervision of a company impinged on a eurobond operation . |
| 11 | They were on weak ground , for there were no precedents for this , and on 8 March the Cologne assembly , now meeting at Mulhouse , divested Philip of this title and denied the validity of his election , saying that it had been carried out in an unusual place and that the count Palatine and the archbishop of Mainz had been absent . |
| 12 | UOS pressure around common cavity episodes was analysed if there were no swallows for 13 seconds before and three seconds after the onset of each common cavity episode ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 13 | There were no jobs for young people in rural areas ; rising property prices meant that they were unable to find housing in the villages in which they had grown up . |