Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently world trade was encouraged since all currencies were exchangeable for each other and for gold at stable rates of exchange . |
| 2 | The bogie cars were unsuitable for this arrangement and the small boxes were hung from the top edge of the dash either side . |
| 3 | It 's proving to be a strain , both financially and physically — since we are doing as much of the work ourselves as possible — and our friends were convinced for some time that we had gone mad ! |
| 4 | The southern Vietminh , no less than those in the north , were to resist both principle and practice of the French return to power ; the French were unprepared for any alternative and Gracey 's forces were effectively caught in the middle . |
| 5 | They were hungry for each other and Maggie surrendered to the fierce possession of his mouth . |
| 6 | These boats were collapsible for easy transportation and , whilst the design relied mainly on the use of waterproof canvas , a remarkable heavy load of men and equipment could be carried . |
| 7 | Two hundred and twenty of the 283 ( 78% ) patients assessed for non-operative treatment of their gall stones were suitable for percutaneous cholecystolithotomy and have undergone treatment as shown in the Figure . |
| 8 | They were silent for some time as they picked their way in single file along the path that wound up the hillside . |
| 9 | This was ideal for those hobbyist and experimenters who derived much fun a pleasure from making their computers ‘ sing and dance ’ in the real world . |
| 10 | A reverence for antiquity , though an appropriate stance for theology , was inappropriate for natural philosophy where reason and the senses held sway . |
| 11 | To the extent that spectacular productivity gains were being achieved through technological advance , a demonstration effect was present for later imitation and emulation . |
| 12 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 13 | Pallister was responsible for one goal and Ince gave away the free kick for the other . |
| 14 | Kempe was responsible for many telegraph and telephone services used by the Post Office ( including sending keys , postal pneumatic extensions ) and his design of the Dover–Calais cable for the London–Paris telephone was an acknowledged success . |
| 15 | It was important for this connection that the model of biological evolution used should be one that saw change as the cumulative product of the actions of individual organisms over many generations . |
| 16 | In other words they are being totally unfair in that process and as a result of this more people are likely to suffer as a result of fire Council and savings which are clearly er is proposed er that is Conservative review that we should not be using new money or money within the environment budget which is better stretched for all the other services , to find that other fire fighters as much as we agree they are needed when clearly there is another pot of money which was available for this service and which the other two groups have decided they will take |
| 17 | Under the old system , a person was eligible for supplementary benefit if their resources were below their requirements . |
| 18 | But under the revised membership clause of the constitution the Rev W. B. Sleight , who was not a missioner , was eligible for this honour and it was he , who , " in accordance with the general feeling " , was elected the first President of the BDDA . |
| 19 | In a Mozart Divertimento ( K 136 ) he persuaded the strings to sound like an expert chamber orchestra , no mean feat , and in last Thursday 's concert J. C. Bach 's Sinfonia in B flat ( Op 18 , No 2 ) was notable for superb oboe-playing and rhythmic elan . |
| 20 | It also requires showing that it was necessary for such behaviour and beliefs to have been formerly defined as crimes . |
| 21 | They also provide evidence of the various sources of income of the strikers : spouses ' job and savings were the two most important sources ; tax rebates were an important source for both strikes , but supplementary benefit was insignificant for one strike because of their union 's practice of providing strike pay . |
| 22 | This polychrome type of design seems to have been invented at Knossos , where it was fashionable for some time before it was adopted generally in the east of Crete . |
| 23 | Now it was ready for another meal and was keeping a hopeful eye on the battlefield in case some appetizing Englishman or sepoy should fall conveniently near … but most of all it would like to eat Fleury , such was the power of its love for this handsome , green-clad young man ; it uttered a groan of ecstasy at the thought and a needle of saliva , dripping from its jaws , sparkled in the Collector 's telescope . |
| 24 | That was ready for next time and you 've saved |
| 25 | Commenting on the possibility of German reunification , Worner said that a debate within the alliance on that issue was a matter of time , and that NATO was ready for eventual reunification if it was the expressed will of the German people . |