Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then one of them asked : ‘ Can you tell us what the Rules of Engagement were for your task Major ? ’ |
| 2 | The first lots to come into the ring were for the annual lease of ewes . |
| 3 | Erm if the if the figure were for example forty one thousand , er would you still say that there should we 'd be putting the brakes on the train on too hard ? |
| 4 | The proposals in the accord were for general improvements in the judicial system , alterations to the electoral system to prevent fraud , decentralization for a participative democracy , and the modernization of state institutions . |
| 5 | They constitute an acknowledgment by the delegates , committee and officers that the Association was for the time being inadequately organised and funded for undertaking major tasks on the national scene . |
| 6 | Tears stung her eyes a moment at the thought of her sister losing her identity ; Jezrael asked herself if the grief was for Ches or selfishly for her own loss . |
| 7 | Canadian international Forrest , 24 , faces a three-match ban after referee Ron Groves confirmed the red card was for serious foul play . |
| 8 | The original deal was for the same time and same sum , but the difference now is that the new contract covers rugby only for the age bracket between 16 and 18 . |
| 9 | The initial deal was for the release of two singles and a potential album deal which has yet to be finalised . ’ |
| 10 | So in Banbury and in Newport local Unionists were assured that the deal was for one election only . |
| 11 | Dixie says the deal was for three . |
| 12 | Llanthony Warehouse was for many years a showroom and store for Western Trading Co . |
| 13 | One recommendation was for the older pupils to be divided into four occupational groups : engineering ; commerce ; domestic work ; and industries for which no vocational instruction was necessary . |
| 14 | A Summit conference : The final recommendation was for a global summit to discuss international economic and financial issues raised by the Report . |
| 15 | The minimum investment was for 100 shares at a price of £1 per share , but , as the initial payment was only 50p per share , members of the public could become shareholders of British Gas for a down-payment as low as £50 . |
| 16 | LEEL 's investment was for feasibility work into the inaugural event , and Standard Life has yet to extend its commitment beyond 1992 . |
| 17 | But it would spoil the illusion if all the merrymakers were to think that their spending bonanza was for their own satisfaction . |
| 18 | This result was for just one set of enzymes — and hundreds are involved in detoxification . |
| 19 | In the higher price range , the most notable result was for the El Greco ‘ Disrobing of Christ ’ ( lot 309 ) , a preparatory study for the work of that subject in Toledo Cathedral , which made a new record for the artist at £1.7 million ( $3.1 ; est. £1.5–2.5 million ) . |
| 20 | All that was needed for defeat was for a couple of Liberal Democrats to switch sides . |
| 21 | Although the Club was for Brakspear 's an outlet for their products without many responsibility of property up-keep , their generosity was far in excess of what might be expected on strictly commercial terms and doubtless when their relationship and arrangements were terminated in 1983 , the Club 's former President , John Chalcraft , also the Brewery 's retired Managing Director , must have felt some regret . |
| 22 | Everybody loved the advert but could n't tell you who the advert was for . |
| 23 | Lot of shop lifting was for that reason . |
| 24 | The plan which Henry still had in mind was for his eldest son to take all of those lands which he himself had inherited from his father and mother , i.e. Anjou , Maine , Normandy and England , while Richard should have the land which he had acquired by virtue of his marriage to Eleanor . |
| 25 | Look twat … first off that mail was for a PRIVATE LEEDS MAIL LIST |
| 26 | Their search was for empirical regularity . |
| 27 | The search was for a better glue , not a worse one . |
| 28 | This department was for years managed by John Aldersley @ £6 : 0s. : 0d. per month and Daniel Bowden at £5 : 0s. : 0d . |
| 29 | The bust , bosom or cleavage was for the Fifties the apotheosis of erogenous zones . |
| 30 | When they were born , my only thought for their future was for them to be happy and healthy . |