Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less than half the wines listed were selected for awards making the standard set one of the highest in the world . |
| 2 | Odds ratios for HEV were calculated for each covariate separately with or Fisher 's tests . |
| 3 | Berry , from Bramerton , Norfolk , was originally convicted in 1983 of making electronic timers for detonating bombs which it was claimed were intended for use in Syria and the Lebanon . |
| 4 | The New Mills public library from which the Mackie collection was discarded was paid for by Carnegie . |
| 5 | This wrist model I tried was designed for air diving and programmed with the Bühlmann ZHL12 algorithm with automatic ranging from 3,500 metres above sea level to 100 metres depth . |
| 6 | A tribunal in The Hague is slowly resolving each country 's claims against the other , including Tehran 's demand for the return of $12billion in military equipment and spare parts which the regime says were paid for but never delivered . |
| 7 | Although some of the animals stolen in the Northern Band were sold for agricultural use , especially in Chilaw and the Western Province , a high proportion of those not ransomed were sold for beef in the Roman Catholic villages on the littoral , and more importantly , in Colombo . |
| 8 | What was happening to my body — not only the changes brought about by puberty , but the fact that the clothes it wore and the food it consumed were chosen for it by someone else — was a metaphor for what was happening to me as a whole person . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ What was done was done for Ireland , ’ said Dierdriu . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | After 300 hours rounding was pronounced for all three grades . |
| 13 | As she strolled past the shop windows she ran her fingers through the short layered style that the hairdresser had said was made for her , and felt like someone else . |
| 14 | One patient ( man aged 69 ) in whom H pylori had successfully been eradicated was recalled for further study . |
| 15 | One of the problems is that the Government 's momentum to privatise was determined for ideological reasons and on a tight time scale . |
| 16 | Well the people that done it did n't get caught but the corridor on which it happened was fined for all the equipment . |
| 17 | One negative control sampled was processed for every three tissue samples examined . |
| 18 | He might not ride winners these days , but just now and then all the disappointment of his life in racing was forgotten for one sweet moment . |
| 19 | Some 21 per cent of all flows into unemployment by men who had previously been employed were accounted for in this way , slightly more than were accounted for by redundancy ( 20 per cent ) or dissatisfaction with pay or conditions ( 19 per cent ) and considerably more than were accounted for by dismissals ( 10 per cent ) ( Wood , 1982 ) . |
| 20 | If the complex we observed was required for PPT expression we would expect to see it in these cells . |
| 21 | It is thought that the original machine on which this scheme is based was used for air racing in 1947 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | All I wanted to do was run for my country , to be part of the action . |
| 24 | Then all Kirov had to do was run for cover and wait . |
| 25 | The side which lost were reprimanded for their weakness ; the side which won could have anything they wanted from new horses to new leaders . |
| 26 | Sometimes brick tracery was used , sometimes the small quantity of stone needed was found for important buildings . |
| 27 | The most important fund was the theoric , from which pay was given for attendance at festivals . |
| 28 | That is an analysis by the officers of what additional funds they felt was needed for them to fulfil their statutory duties . |
| 29 | I think that at the end of his life he thought that what he knew was lost for ever . |
| 30 | One site with which the author was involved was delayed for two years , with constant revision to the proposed design . |