Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such French capital as Poland managed to secure was for specific projects like the new port at Gdynia — which was encouraged by the French to discomfort the Germans as much as to aid the Poles . |
| 2 | George Headley and Learie Constantine were the giants of the early Test years who did most to establish the team ; Garfield Sobers was for twenty years the supreme all-rounder of the game 's history ; Clive Lloyd devised the concept of a quartet of pace bowlers who would carry all relentlessly before them . |
| 3 | Two-thirds of all reservations received were for new books . |
| 4 | The lease negotiated was for twenty years at a rental of £20,000 subject to possible increases up to a maximum of £22,000 . |
| 5 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 6 | Much of the cider produced was for local consumption , with farmers bringing in their cartloads of apples for processing . |
| 7 | In Scotland the pattern followed was for Regional Councils and constituent Districts . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | All it took was for one saleslady to tell her she looked lovely and Mrs McMahon was persuaded . |
| 10 | Well we 've had a go well I think it was for erm some sort of I think was for multiple sclerosis |
| 11 | I have was for many years the national chairman of the Association of Independent Businesses . |
| 12 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |