Example sentences of "were for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | outside ) ; the lowest rates were for persons charged with offences of violence . |
| 2 | The two 4,000gn bids were for Runrig , the two-year-old first prizewinner from WJ&CSR Christie of Lochdochart , Crianlarich , and the reserve supreme champion Grange Zermatt from Messrs James Biggar , Grange , Castle Douglas . |
| 3 | Furthermore , of these few results , a substantial number were for charcoal , with all the attendant problems of possible age offset due to ‘ old wood ’ ( see p. 121 ) . |
| 4 | We had to look at where the opportunities were for development in Greater York as a whole rather than looking at individual district elements , and in terms of land available , erm Mr Steel appears to have included some sites which we classify as land held in reserve , which we do n't normally count towards the land availability targets , although we do acknowledge that it is there . |
| 5 | The majority of requests were for fiction ( 47% ) or popular non-fiction ( 22% ) . |
| 6 | That some of the recommendations were for actions which were beyond the means of the school does not deny the effectiveness of the review procedure . |
| 7 | Exact patterns of change will remain a matter of controversy for historians , as they were for contemporaries , but what emerges from the inadequate farm records and welter of subjective comment by biased and often condescending outside observers is a marked contrast between the fortunes of a few well-organised and prosperous landowners and the general backwardness of their counterparts and tenants . |
| 8 | More fertilizer might mean more grain ( and more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide to add to the greenhouse effect ) , but there obviously comes a point where more fertilizer does not mean a bigger yield or perhaps is not justified on cost grounds , particularly when grain prices are low , as they were for part of the 1980s . |
| 9 | During 1963 , at the central police station on the research division , 76 per cent of the 611 arrests made by uniformed men were for offences against the public order such as vagrancy , loitering , and above all drunkenness … |
| 10 | I was also spoken to by the Chief Whip who reiterated that the majority of the party were for Alec . |
| 11 | Mostly they were for acts of right and grace , for example the granting of overdue wages or expenses , but a significant minority concerned complaints against royal and other officers . |
| 12 | Even so , the last two years of peace were for Baldwin a time of interest , enjoyment and even influence , compared with what was to come afterwards . |
| 13 | Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing . |
| 14 | In order further to investigate this implied relationship between heroin use and social deprivation , we employed 1981 Census statistics to examine correlations between the rate of known opioid use and levels of social deprivation in each of Wirral 's 48 townships ( unemployment figures were for May 1985 , and included temporarily sick residents ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Most men wander out of the way , and fall into error for want of method , as it were for want of sowing and planting , that is , of improving the reason . ’ |
| 16 | In 1984 an impressive 59 assignments , accounting for 42% of Russell Reynolds ' fees , were for CEO and MD appointments , each receiving salaries in excess of £50 000 ; by 1986 the firm handled 65 assignments in this category , with over half of their placements that year for positions receiving at least £60 000 . |
| 17 | Most of the cases at the Sheriff Court were for assault , breach of the peace , trespassing in pursuit of game and one of shebeening ( unlicensed selling of liquor ) . |
| 18 | Typically on hearing the news of his Lions selection his first thoughts were for others . |
| 19 | Among the longterm users , the majority of the 1989–90 applications were for H 2 -receptor blockers ( 88% ) . |
| 20 | The clothes were for Lowell . |
| 21 | The theatre played in the evenings , the nights were for drinking . |
| 22 | In the early days of the programme , these courses all bore the label ‘ PNP ’ and many were for PNP staff only . |
| 23 | These advertisements were for posters at that time and used.mainly to back up TV commercials . |
| 24 | The original contracts were for payment in dollars . |
| 25 | The analysis showed that 40.9 per cent of claims were for hepatitis B. |
| 26 | I do n't really care if he was a homosexual — though I 'd rather his taste were for adults . |
| 27 | I just knew there were certain places I could n't go because they were for blacks only , ’ he says . |
| 28 | All the prayers were for peace and for those who were fighting — in both armies . |
| 29 | But so did they : friends were for fun and solace . |
| 30 | The Druids were for Posidonius more important than the other two groups because they provided leadership , moral and religious ideas , and justice . |