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 | Two-thirds of all reservations received were for new books . |
| 3 | Much of the cider produced was for local consumption , with farmers bringing in their cartloads of apples for processing . |
| 4 | In Scotland the pattern followed was for Regional Councils and constituent Districts . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Well we 've had a go well I think it was for erm some sort of I think was for multiple sclerosis |