Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Odds ratios for HEV were calculated for each covariate separately with or Fisher 's tests . |
| 2 | This terminated in 1940 , but the right to purchase was extended for seven years until 1947 , when Fleetwood requested a further three-year extension , which was opposed by Blackpool . |
| 3 | By not giving this to Athena , the Athenians were tactfully declining to cream off the best for the national goddess , thereby showing that all tribute that was collected was needed for utilitarian purposes . |
| 4 | One patient ( man aged 69 ) in whom H pylori had successfully been eradicated was recalled for further study . |
| 5 | One of the problems is that the Government 's momentum to privatise was determined for ideological reasons and on a tight time scale . |
| 6 | Because Swans have belonged to the crown since Henry the eight 's day Dines was prosecuted for criminal damage to property … rather than animal cruelty which carries a lesser penalty . |
| 7 | Sometimes brick tracery was used , sometimes the small quantity of stone needed was found for important buildings . |
| 8 | One site with which the author was involved was delayed for two years , with constant revision to the proposed design . |
| 9 | In fact , practically all I did was to go for solitary walks or pretend to read Virgil or Sophocles , whose two dead languages were now as meaningless to me as mental arithmetic , and as incapable of claiming my concentration . |
| 10 | The first show we ever did was opening for Living Colour , and we 've just done a mini-tour with Adrian Belew 's band . |
| 11 | The double-axe was an everyday implement , and yet the great majority of those that survive were intended for ritual use ; some were made of very thin sheet bronze , some were very large , some were very small , some were made of lead or of soft stone . |
| 12 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 13 | In ways such as these coinage was used for contemporary propaganda . |