Example sentences of "was for these " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any attempt , in the period between the two World Wars , to raise the school-leaving age or to provide secondary education on a more generous scale was for these reasons bound to encounter sustained political opposition . |
| 2 | Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in . |
| 3 | It was for these qualities that he was so widely and profoundly respected and liked by the many many people whose love and sympathy will I am sure prove to you now an enormous uplift and support . |
| 4 | It was for these reasons that I was unable to accept any of the submissions advanced on behalf of the applicant , and that I therefore concluded , in agreement with the other members of the Appellate Committee , that the appeal should be allowed . |
| 5 | It was for these reasons that a search for more elegant solutions was started in 1969–1970 . |
| 6 | It was for these women that Mrs Molesworth kept her gift shop . |
| 7 | It was for these reasons that Beveridge ( 1948 ) saw the role of voluntary activity fitting best on top of a sound comprehensive foundation of public social services . |
| 8 | It was for these reasons that the first ‘ valves ’ for radios and televisions and computers were evacuated glass vessels , descendants of Crookes ' radiometer and cathode ray tube , rather than semiconductors . |
| 9 | It was for these reasons that the United States in the late 1960s consistently opposed an increase in the official price of gold . |