Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main requirement , says Candle was for a system that could intelligently suggest answers to bottlenecks or problems , and if required implement the necessary changes . |
| 2 | Mr Harty added he had seen signs saying fishing was for members only but had not taken any notice of them . |
| 3 | The final job that needed doing was for the trip to be advertised and participants sought . |
| 4 | Since financial , technical , and geographical constraints did not permit efforts to be made to bring their sewage works into compliance with the existing standards ( even if time had been available ) , the only other means of demonstrably maintaining compliance was for the agencies to change the standards to fit the existing discharges . |
| 5 | Cos I would n't , the only reason I kept stoom was for my redundancy , it was only six hundred quid , but every ha'penny I want to get off them , do you know what I mean ? |
| 6 | However , the sight of two women making love was less of a turn-off for women viewers than the sight of two men making love was for male viewers . |
| 7 | That was his happiness , to talk to a captured ear was for him the thrill of seeing the Commandant 's office roofless and destroyed . |
| 8 | The object of the all-expenses paid trip was for Mr Dorman to pick up some tips from the Japanese to promote musical learning among children . |