Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [adj] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Low pitched Byzantine roofs and hemispherical domes were unsuitable for snow and rain so the people of Novgorod developed roofs of steeper pitch with onion domes . |
| 2 | By the time the Corporation 's new cars were ready for delivery , Penge depôt in Oak Grove Road was sufficiently advanced for the cars to be stored there , together with the remaining eight of the first batch . |
| 3 | At each step variables were available for inclusion or exclusion as appropriate . |
| 4 | In the third and fourth centuries these peoples were responsible for riverine and maritime raids against the north-eastern provinces of Gaul and Germany . |
| 5 | Tonight no one from the stables was available for comment . |
| 6 | Results of densitometric analysis performed for different extractions ( four experiments ) indicated that these ratios were identical for CO III and srRNA . |
| 7 | It is not contended that the duty arose out of contract : the contract was between the defendants and Mrs. Walker , and so far as contract is concerned it was to Mrs. Walker the defendants were liable for breach of it . |
| 8 | And Third World countries were desperate for money to fuel development . |
| 9 | Volumes were selected from the period 1982–92 and only original articles were eligible for analysis ( including letters but not correspondence in Nature ) . |
| 10 | Whatever other motives were responsible for disaffiliation , there is no doubt that the ILP was strongly opposed to Labour " reformism " . |
| 11 | Results from 27 controls ( C ) , 17 irradiated controls ( U ) , and 19 ulcer group ( L ) mice were available for analysis from the first ( day 7 ) series and 15 C , 14 U , and 15 L animals from the second ( day 3 ) series . |
| 12 | He declared that the rehabilitation of the victims of Stalinist repressions was essential for society 's " moral regeneration " . |
| 13 | Both Venkataraman and his Chinese counterpart , Yang Shangkun , emphasized that increased co-operation between their two countries was necessary for stability in Asia . |
| 14 | None of the other five saleswomen was available for comment . |
| 15 | Seats were available for matinee performances so that an overnight stay was not essential . |
| 16 | In our previous immunohistochemical study , the mucosal IgG subclass proportions of 10 ulcerative colitis patients were compared with those of eight Crohn 's colitis patients , but no normal counts were available for comparison at that time . |
| 17 | Scuttled ships lay in the bay and only two quays were fit for use . |
| 18 | Infants and children from the age of 7 days to 36 months who presented to the paediatric casualty unit of the hospital with a history of cough and other symptoms of acute infection of the respiratory tract for less than seven days were eligible for inclusion in this study . |
| 19 | Predestined heroes of the bourgeois ethic , favoured by the Government in the 1760's , the Spanish commercial and industrial classes were ill-fitted for leadership ; the Economic Societies , centres of diffusion for the new gospel of productive labour , were early dominated by landowners , priests , and civil servants . |
| 20 | The correct volume for question one was 0.31026m3 , and yes three different volumes were possible for question two , though the answer , 0.34047m3 stands for question three . |
| 21 | The CDAI and Simple Index calculations were available for analysis on 51 and 50 studies ( 33 patients ) respectively . |
| 22 | ‘ State Department officials were unavailable for comment , ’ the New York Times reported , thereby hinting at the source of the leak , but if the story had been aired as a trial balloon , it failed to lift off . |
| 23 | To take another example : Hong Kong 's banks were rotten for lack of regulation five years ago , when a series of collapses frightened the government into spending billions of dollars of public money on rescues . |
| 24 | By the time the brown rat became established , around the mid eighteenth century , conditions were ripe for colonisation and spread was rapid . |
| 25 | In order to decide whether to grant an injunction , the House of Lords had to decide whether damages were available for breach of Article 86 and whether that would , in the event of an injunction not being granted , be a satisfactory remedy . |
| 26 | He had taken the money to pay off debts and had continued to do so even when bereaved relatives were desperate for cash to pay undertakers ' bills . |
| 27 | He had taken the money to pay off debts and had continued to do so even when bereaved relatives were desperate for cash to pay undertakers ' bills . |
| 28 | However , this was not because the goods were unfit for use but rather because they included goods of a different description . |
| 29 | The design of the flats was tailor-made for crime , if you look at it now . |
| 30 | Amongst the items salvaged were a complete Merlin engine , propellers , guns and instruments and the Deputy Keeper of the RAF Museum , Jack Bruce , flew out to Berlin to inspect the items , but it is not known if any of the items were suitable for use . |