Example sentences of "were made for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The processes of making pottery are demonstrated here , and the building complex includes an engine house and a saggar maker 's shop , where fireclay cases were made for holding batches of pots during firing . |
| 2 | On this basis the specific assumptions that were made for giving an attention focusing interpretation of the recognition results were that the types of risk present at generally dangerous junctions are of a different order to those at generally safe junctions . |
| 3 | Elsewhere there were surveys to assess how wildlife interest had been affected , lichens were artificially transferred from fallen to standing trees and recommendations were made for safeguarding invertebrates . |
| 4 | Racks and Torments ! dost think , Child , that my Limbs were made for leaping of Ditches , and clambring over Stiles ; or that my Parents wisely foreseeing my future Happiness in Country-pleasures , had early instructed me in the rural Accomplishments of drinking fat Ale , playing at Whisk , and smoaking Tobacco with my Husband ; or of spreading of Plaisters , brewing of Diet-drinks , and stilling Rosemary-Water with the good old Gentlewoman , my Mother-in-Law … . |
| 5 | Comrade Wong is an endearing fellow , whose face makes one think that Chinese faces were made for smiling with . |