Example sentences of "was [verb] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this context community care was taken to encompass both residential care and care which it was deemed appropriate for local health and social service authorities to provide in non-institutional settings . |
| 2 | Foreign Affairs Minister Pascoal Mocumbi said in Maputo on Jan. 2 , 1990 , that the time was becoming ripe for direct talks between the two sides and praised the efforts of the mediators . |
| 3 | ‘ A new direction was felt desirable for both parties . |
| 4 | In ‘ Partnership ’ , again local authority-owned land was made available for private development , but the new dwellings were reserved for 12 weeks at a stipulated price for purchasers falling into a restricted set of categories of which the most important were first-time buyers on the housing waiting list and households from slum-cleared areas . |
| 5 | The pathfinder prospectus was made available for public viewing on March 16 , and the full prospectus will be released on March 24 . |
| 6 | France was the main foreign influence : French military advisers came to establish military training schools , the French language was made compulsory for all students , and libraries of mainly French books were opened . |
| 7 | Medical inspection was made compulsory for all children . |
| 8 | The job of promoting the LP was made simple for Red Rhino when the band decided to call the album ‘ George Best ’ in a tribute to the flamboyant Manchester United and Northern Ireland winger . |
| 9 | He was made responsible for marine operations , an area of the business totally new to him . |
| 10 | It was thought improper for elderly women to wear bright clothes . |
| 11 | In 1914 Powell was declared unfit for active service , but joined the Admiralty in 1916 . |
| 12 | When told that his two years at sea did not count , he resignedly attended his medical only to discover that his hearing was impaired and he was declared unfit for military service . |
| 13 | Three of the first four development launches were successful , and Ariane was declared qualified for operational service . |
| 14 | He went into such deep shock after the frenzied sex murder two months ago that he was struck dumb for 24 hours . |
| 15 | She was left alone for some time , but did n't dare move away from the tall candlestick and the rubber dildo . |
| 16 | The cattle owner was held responsible for any damage done by his animal . |
| 17 | The general opinion was that the court was ‘ vulgar and in bad taste ’ , but interestingly enough it was not the King who was held responsible for this state of affairs . |
| 18 | Mutalibov , President of Azerbaijan from May 1990 , resigned in March 1992 but was returned to office briefly in May after his successor Yagub Mamedov was held responsible for Azeri defeats in the disputed Armenian enclave of Nagorny-Karahakh . |
| 19 | A gun 's been recovered after the latest attack , in which a store manager was held captive for six hours . |