Example sentences of "[adj] were for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only national figures quoted on this were for 1939–40 but these showed 48% and 24% respectively . |
| 2 | Something the Wild Geese used to say — the Irish soldiers who had fled Ireland after that big battle at the end of the seventeenth century when they were dying on foreign battlefields they used to say : ‘ Would that this were for Ireland . ’ |
| 3 | After this , Pound 's relations with England and the English were for the most part an aspect of his relations with that one of his erstwhile protégés who had become , surprisingly , a pillar of the English establishment — Eliot , editor of the Criterion . |
| 4 | These loans , at rates varying between 10 per cent and 18 per cent , were useful for helping the Crown over its successive liquidity crises , but , since none was for more than twelve months and some were for less , they failed to lighten the Crown 's burden in the long run . |
| 5 | Some of these cheeses were eaten the day they were made , with cream and sugar , some were for almond cheesecakes , some for the fillings of covered pies called Florentines , some for spiced cheese loaves baked in stoneware porringers . |
| 6 | Some were new , some were old ; some were for men , some for women ; some had baskets , some did not . |
| 7 | ‘ Some were for the better but a lot were for worse . |
| 8 | Half were for cancellation , a quarter for medical expenses and most of the remainder for loss or theft of belongings . |
| 9 | The Science Citation Index also indicates that the outside world has not been developing ideas form German scientists : 2 per cent of citations in 1975 were for German papers compared with 4 per cent for the UK and 3 per cent from Japan . |
| 10 | In Islington 's famous Union Chapel , for example , the doors which opened into the auditorium had fixed to the wall beside them small boxes with a slit on the top ; these were for worshippers ' donations . |
| 11 | On either side of the gangway doors were small doors on the floor level ; these were for the double purpose of allowing a hosepipe to be brought through from the line for washing out purposes , and also to allow free escape of water . |
| 12 | Although he extols the yellow of spring , the green of summer , and ‘ the changling dresses of autumnal tints ’ ; these were for the sightseers not the painter . |
| 13 | It later transpired that all but one of these were for the Bulgarian A team . |
| 14 | Most projects do n't run to that kind of budget — not for the big chimps , anyway , which is what these were for . |
| 15 | First , legislation allowed paid release only for certain stipulated categories ; these were for the most part workplace stewards and health and safety representatives . |
| 16 | These were for fairweather people only . |
| 17 | These were for the demobilization of all irregular " armed formations " throughout Yugoslav territory ( by midnight on July 18 ) , for the return of Slovenia 's borders to the situation prior to June 25 ( by midnight on July 16 ) , the release of all troops and the return to the JNA and the police of goods and equipment seized in Slovenia ( by midnight on July 15 ) and the lifting of blockades ( by midnight on July 13 ) . |
| 18 | These were for higher wages , reduced differentials , greater workplace control and more shopfloor participation in bargaining . |
| 19 | these were for our spot , look ! |
| 20 | Under the new system , the Assembly would be increased to 108 deputies ; of the nine new seats for Moslems , three were for Shias and two each for Sunnis , Alawis and Druses . |
| 21 | There were three failures ( 30% ) in the Crohn 's group ( all three were for pelvic sepsis and fistula ) and a further three failures ( 30% ) in the indeterminate colitis group ( one for fistula , one for recurrent pouchitis , and one because of incapacitating diarrhoea ) compared with nine failures ( 15% ) in the ulcerative colitis patients ( six for ischaemia , two for recurrent pouchitis , and one for poor functional results ) ( relative risk 2.03 ( 96% CI 0.81 to 5.10 ) ) . |
| 22 | Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable . |
| 23 | 11 were for people with learning difficulty or mental handicap , and 4 were for elderly people with a mental impairment , 3 for elderly people who were physically frail , I for children and 1 for physically handicapped adults . |
| 24 | Economic forecasts in the late 1970s were for unemployment to continue to rise in the 1980s . |
| 25 | Despite a relatively shortterm median follow up ( 5.7 years ) only three of 10 patients ( 30% ) with definite Crohn 's colitis have so far had their pouch excised , admittedly all were for fistulas , while the remaining seven have satisfactory function despite episodes of recurrent pouchitis in three . |
| 26 | In the early days of the programme , these courses all bore the label ‘ PNP ’ and many were for PNP staff only . |
| 27 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of responses to the consultation process regarding the application for trust status for Ayrshire South hospital ; and how many were for or against . |
| 28 | 11 were for people with learning difficulty or mental handicap , and 4 were for elderly people with a mental impairment , 3 for elderly people who were physically frail , I for children and 1 for physically handicapped adults . |
| 29 | Of the 655 ‘ leaf-spring ’ Cobras built ( including the 75 original 260s ) , only 61 were officially listed as being for European consumption , and of course not even all of those were for Britain . |
| 30 | Only 87,300 grants were paid last year and 42,000 of those were for minor repairs or facilities for disabled people . |