Example sentences of "[adj] was for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy . |
| 2 | But this was for two flats . |
| 3 | erm it 's very interesting that in the Old Testament there 's no legislation about homelessness at all , which indicates it was n't a problem , and I suspect that this was for two reasons . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know whether this was a fund-raising ploy or whether this was for real , ’ O'Boyle said , ‘ but I thought it was for real at the time . ’ |
| 5 | Sometimes they stressed the usefulness to their own careers of studying a science degree , and this was for some the determining factor in choosing between science and arts . |
| 6 | to represent , to represent , this was for voluntary services . |
| 7 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 8 | In the 19th century and into the 20th there were two Methodist chapels in the village and this was for those of the Primitive Methodist persuasion . |
| 9 | In fact , both 53 and 54 covered these coaches : the original 53 was for six-wheeled versions and 54 for four-wheeled versions altered from the original six . |
| 10 | For example , one group focused specifically on the particular problems and needs of Asian parents , another was for older parents and carers , and several groups provided significant elements of direct service . |
| 11 | Sir Denys had little doubt that the coming months seem set to be as difficult as 1991 was for most countries , ‘ It would not be prudent at this stage to attempt to predict when recovery might begin ’ , he said , ‘ But when it comes , it is very likely to be gradual ’ . |
| 12 | Though the demand from industry and society at large was for better school education , the response came at first not from schools but from Youth Training Schemes for school-leavers , organized by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 13 | The longest period for which her mother was left alone was for three hours and Mrs Cahuac worked close by so that should anything happen to her mother during this period she could get home quickly . |
| 14 | The only sites where some time dependence of the blockages was apparent was for those derivatives with a pendant intercalator ( 2 , 3 , 5 and 6 ; Figures 2 and 3 ) . |
| 15 | The cry by 1901 was for educated men ‘ of good social standing ’ to become ministers : ‘ Such men … are more needed now than before Board Schools provided hearers whose improved education demands preaching of a higher order than formerly . ’ |
| 16 | Of the £78 million worth of UDGs , £35 million was for commercial developments , £26 million was for industrial developments and £17.5 million was for housing developments . |
| 17 | Responding to criticism that Germany was not pulling its weight within the alliance the government announced on Jan. 25 that its financial contribution to the Gulf effort totalled DM5,300 million , of which DM3,400 million was for Western allies and DM1,900 million for " frontline " Arab states ( US$1.00=DM1.4885 as at Jan. 28 , 1991 ) . |
| 18 | Egypt 's debt to the USA was estimated at dollars 10,000 million , of which dollars 4,500 million was for military purchases . |
| 19 | Of the £78 million worth of UDGs , £35 million was for commercial developments , £26 million was for industrial developments and £17.5 million was for housing developments . |
| 20 | And in that time I really only ever had one proper job and that was for two weeks . |
| 21 | No that was for two of us . |
| 22 | That was for Cailean-A Rithist of Achnacloich , from Mrs Jane Nelson , Achnacloich , Connel , Argyll , and sold to Stewart Brown , Ringour , Castle Douglas . |
| 23 | and that was for that , then I had a letter back to say that we were having , there was too much money coming in a week for me to draw unemployment and then they , then a few days later I had this double page letter a big one that says you are entitled to no prescription help , X amount of pounds after erm eighty pounds per glasses you are responsible for the first eighty pound , we say that you can afford to pay that , so much on your teeth , if you 're visiting somebody in prison then you exceed a certain amount of mileage you can only get it if you exceed more than twenty five pound incurring , then I thought oh blow it , forget it , and I never done it , that all come to then , that 's why I wanted a ten of your wage , wage slips you remember now ? |
| 24 | But that was for bored husbands , and businessmen dating their secretaries . |
| 25 | Something peculiar was going on , that was for sure . |
| 26 | It was a comfortable place to spend your weekday evenings , that was for sure . |
| 27 | Morton was a cut above the average nob , that was for sure . |
| 28 | It was the last time she was going to take diet pills before a race , that was for sure . |
| 29 | Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number . |
| 30 | He was n't going to go peacefully , that was for sure . |