Example sentences of "[was/were] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | That was hard enough when most transfer prices were for tangible goods , points out Gary Hufbauer , of the Institute for International Economics , in a recent book * . |
2 | Until now , Danish GPs ' notes were for private use , except when they involved drug prescription , accidents , and insurance claims , or when malpractice was suspected ( see Lancet 1992 ; 340 : 719 ) . |
3 | They were for ketchup-type sauces . |
4 | The proposals in the accord were for general improvements in the judicial system , alterations to the electoral system to prevent fraud , decentralization for a participative democracy , and the modernization of state institutions . |
5 | Though if they were for young William or for herself , she could not be sure . |
6 | Sir , Such is his eagerness to correct me that Pierre dom Engels ( Letters , 18th/25th December ) mis-attributes Antonia Fraser 's own comment to her aunt , who , as I correctly said , was under the firm impression that Book Tokens were for young children only . |
7 | The awards , sponsored by the communication equipment manufacturers Tunstall Telecom , were for outstanding achievements by elderly people and their contribution to helping others . |
8 | With this view , the Conservatives in the inter-war period were for small-scale government and low taxes — the less done by government , the better and cheaper . |
9 | Only 10% were for advanced material , and another 12% for a category defined as ‘ standard ’ works . |
10 | The others , all correctly addressed , were for various occupants at 27 The Grove , Greatham , Hartlepool TS5 1PQ . |
11 | We located 5874 hospital records , 1217 of which were for demented patients aged 40 to 64 years at presentation ; 707 records were either lost or contained insufficient information to apply the diagnostic criteria . |
12 | Two were for fulminant colitis , in one case Crohn 's disease was subsequently identified in the proctectomy specimen and in the other Crohn 's was recognised only in the ileal reservoir after excision . |
13 | I think that I am correct in saying that the two original high level computer languages were Cobol and Prolog , which were for developing business and general/scientific applications respectively . |
14 | Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable . |
15 | Leith mentally shook herself to join in the conversation , realising that her mother had been speaking of the wonderful opportunities there were for world-wide travelling these days . |
16 | I believe that the figures that the hon. Lady gave earlier were for regional development grant rather than for regional selective assistance , which has been in existence for only about three years , as she will recall . |
17 | For example , Datir ( 1978 : 212 ) found that , in the state of Maharastra , over two-thirds of all admissions of convicts to prisons were of people serving one month or less ; and a third of admissions were for ticketless travel on the railway , usually through inability to pay fines . |
18 | The US State Department responded by reiterating its rejection of any conditions for the release of hostages , and by emphasizing that US forces deployed in Saudi Arabia were for defensive purposes . |
19 | Well , Barkingside was a big home they also have one out at Ware they also had one at Upshire but the Upshire one were for disabled children . |
20 | Two-thirds of all reservations received were for new books . |
21 | Freud always said that his conceptualizations of the instincts were for specific purposes and could be further developed and altered later on , as indeed they were . |
22 | Only Christian Lacroix , says John Davidson , shines a light into haute couture 's gloomy penitence Lacroix 's clothes were for real women to wear in real-life situations |
23 | Ingenues and waifs may find their perfect attire from more avant-garde designers , but Lacroix 's clothes were for real women to wear in real-life situations . |
24 | No informants provided any information about proportions of students taking up optional courses : the only student numbers provided were for compulsory courses , and not all of these gave their numbers . |
25 | He added : ‘ In Liverpool 's case , two of their red cards were for violent conduct , which does not go down to well . |
26 | Approximately half the courses described by the data sheets were for professional staff , one-quarter for non-professionals and one-quarter for both or either ( both or either typically meant new professionals and/or senior assistants or all staff with supervisory responsibilities ) . |
27 | 11 were for people with learning difficulty or mental handicap , and 4 were for elderly people with a mental impairment , 3 for elderly people who were physically frail , I for children and 1 for physically handicapped adults . |
28 | There were three failures ( 30% ) in the Crohn 's group ( all three were for pelvic sepsis and fistula ) and a further three failures ( 30% ) in the indeterminate colitis group ( one for fistula , one for recurrent pouchitis , and one because of incapacitating diarrhoea ) compared with nine failures ( 15% ) in the ulcerative colitis patients ( six for ischaemia , two for recurrent pouchitis , and one for poor functional results ) ( relative risk 2.03 ( 96% CI 0.81 to 5.10 ) ) . |
29 | I thought they were for sore throats and things Gary ? |
30 | Core 's defence relied on the claim that the materials were for artistic purposes , a defence recognised in British law . |