Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberal senators — such as Wayne Morse of Oregon , Paul Douglas of Illinois and J.William Fulbright of Arkansas — who were noted for their intellect and independence , all vigorously defended Truman against lonely critics like Robert Taft of Ohio . |
| 2 | All these variables , however , were similar to those of normal subjects in the 15 patients re-evaluated after 12 months of gluten free diet as well as in the 35 patients who were treated for more than one year , who were all in clinical , biochemical , and histological remission . |
| 3 | A study published today describes 26 patients — 19 of them men — who were monitored for up to 14 years . |
| 4 | During the last century they came to be conducted largely by the police and lawyers instructed by them , who were replaced for most purposes by the Crown Prosecution Service in 1986 . |
| 5 | The MP who introduced the bill said many of the men who were shot for cowardice were in fact suffering from shell shock . |
| 6 | It is above all those children who were cared for actively by their grandparents who recall them in depth and with strong feeling . |
| 7 | The Survival Study included 21,906 children aged 6–90 months in 185 geographical clusters , who were followed for up to 26 months . |
| 8 | The symptoms of 174 children who were evaluated for chronic constipation , are reported in this study together with the longterm outcome in 90 of them . |
| 9 | Although originally the Roman calendar began in the spring on 1 March ( as reflected in our names for the months September to December ) , the consuls , who were elected for one year , in 153 BC began to take office on 1 January . |
| 10 | Reckless reported a large series of 154 diabetics who were examined for the presence of macrovascular complications with relation to actual lipoprotein levels ( Reckless et al , 1978 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Very grand women who were prized for their minds as much as their bodies were taken on board by powerful individuals . |
| 12 | The union has also taken up the case of 50 workers who were fired for joining the union . |
| 13 | He was outstanding in charity and compassion , paying for the release of prisoners who were detained for debts and succouring families in time of need , but giving strict charge that they should not acknowledge the source of this help . |
| 14 | Three organisers of an Acid House party who were jailed for three months for breaching an injunction banning an event in Warwickshire were freed in the High Court in London yesterday after apologising . |
| 15 | David Waddington , the home secretary , announced that he has asked the chief constable of the West Midlands to investigate the conviction of the Birmingham six , who were jailed for an IRA bombing 16 years ago . |
| 16 | On April 25 , 1989 , the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ordered the release of 32 members of the Youth Congress ( I ) who were jailed for contempt after a demonstration in the State Assembly in March following remarks allegedly made by the General Secretary of the ruling Telugu Desam Party , Ashok Gajapathi Raju , that Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for the death of his mother Indira and had benefited from it . |
| 17 | Patricia Cahill and Karyn Smith , who were jailed for drugs smuggling , have been given a royal pardon by the King of Thailand . |
| 18 | While the Viet Minh forces were deployed in the liberation of the northern border provinces they were also able to create a reserve ( one writer estimates 10 000 troops ) who were trained for the ‘ big push ’ . |
| 19 | Pilots who were selected for the early courses were from very varied backgrounds . |
| 20 | The EESA team consisted of the educational psychologist who originally proposed that the agency should be set up , a supervisor , and eight workers who were selected for such qualities as their apparent ability to empathize with their clients without seeming patronizing , and to deal with difficult situations . |
| 21 | And I think we succeeded in our Phalangist youth movement because we created young men who were prepared for politics . ’ |
| 22 | Despite defeat Bredbury stay top though second placed Styal closed the gap with a six wicket win at home to Hale Barnes , who were dismissed for 129 . |
| 23 | I knew people who were punished for speaking Gaelic in the playground in a Lochaber school earlier this century . |
| 24 | In fact , he would have made an ideal barrister — and he defended quite a lot of men who were indicted for various things — got them away because he was too cute for the superintendent who was dealing with the job . |
| 25 | This belief is firmly backed up by the experience of the West German government when in 1965 it attempted to bring criminal charges against nine Chemie Grunenthal executives who were indicted for causing bodily harm and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the drug thalidomide . |
| 26 | Hassan issued a public statement on Sept. 13 , 1989 , declaring that the hunger strikers were " not political detainees at all " but " common law detainees who were indicted for violent acts which harmed public security " . |
| 27 | In order that I could test a number of hypotheses , I gave all the British ( and a considerable number of other European and North American ) Moonies a 41-page questionnaire , and then I reproduced many of the questions in a 36-page questionnaire that was distributed to non-Moonies who were matched for age and social background with the Unification membership . |
| 28 | At the conclusion of the liturgy , Bishop O'Brien presented Faculty Certificates to 150 Ministers who were recommissioned for a further five years service . |
| 29 | Table VI summarises the number of subjects in each subgroup who were accepted for respite and day sitting services and who were found to be eligible for the mobility and attendance allowances before and after the interview . |
| 30 | In early 1988 we reported in this journal the short term outcome in 33 patients referred to the National Heart Hospital between late 1984 and the end of 1986 and who were accepted for urgent cardiac transplantation . |