Example sentences of "[det] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Some were new , some were old ; some were for men , some for women ; some had baskets , some did not . |
| 6 | ‘ Some were for the better but a lot were for worse . |
| 7 | Half were for cancellation , a quarter for medical expenses and most of the remainder for loss or theft of belongings . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It later transpired that all but one of these were for the Bulgarian A team . |
| 12 | Most projects do n't run to that kind of budget — not for the big chimps , anyway , which is what these were for . |
| 13 | First , legislation allowed paid release only for certain stipulated categories ; these were for the most part workplace stewards and health and safety representatives . |
| 14 | These were for fairweather people only . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | These were for higher wages , reduced differentials , greater workplace control and more shopfloor participation in bargaining . |
| 17 | these were for our spot , look ! |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In the early days of the programme , these courses all bore the label ‘ PNP ’ and many were for PNP staff only . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Only 87,300 grants were paid last year and 42,000 of those were for minor repairs or facilities for disabled people . |
| 23 | Those were for us a real burden . |
| 24 | Many of those were for breaking into solicitors ' offices . |
| 25 | I thought those were for |
| 26 | Most were for cars not starting due to battery failure and people forgetting to put anti-freeze in their radiators . |
| 27 | The number of NHS patients referred from fundholding practices to private clinics ( paid for out of the fundholder 's budget ) in phase 2 was small : of the 59 referrals that fell into this category , most were for vasectomy or female sterilisation . |
| 28 | Most were for the GPO , later Crown Film Unit , and distributed by the Central Office of Information to cinemas and overseas . |
| 29 | Although arrests are up slightly at 20 , Chief Supt Tasker said most were for very minor offences , such as drunkenness . |
| 30 | Pindar wrote two more odes for victors from Cyrene , the Fourth and Fifth Pythians ( 462 ) ; both were for Arkesilas IV , hereditary ‘ Battiad ’ king of Cyrene ( descended from Battos , the original founder in c.630 ) . |