Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter case would indicate that , if it were possible for real observers to pass through the horizon , then most would miss this singularity . |
| 2 | The workers in section 61 were angry because they felt , firstly , that the quotas of production allocated to white workers were unfair compared with the quota allocated to them ; secondly , because conditions of work were different for Asian workers — their washing times , lunch breaks and toilet breaks were restricted ; and thirdly because , although most of the workers were Asians , the union branch had an overwhelmingly white shop steward 's committee ( there was only one Asian shop steward ) which was not only uninterested in their struggles but actively opposed to them . |
| 3 | This technique has been used to find the amounts of elements such as iron , sodium , potassium , aluminium , calcium , magnesium , lithium and phosphorus in the flint , and it was the concentrations of these elements which were different for different mines . |
| 4 | Also numerous parcels now belonged to the great religious foundations of the region as a result of pious donations ; if many of these were tenanted in conjunction with other , larger holdings , they were unavailable for small men , while there were not enough of the big farmers , who did occupy them , to employ more than a very limited number of servants . |
| 5 | ‘ I had £4m worth of strikers training who were unavailable for various reasons on Saturday , so that is a lift and Ian Snodin scored for the A team . |
| 6 | Meeting Thomas reminded me that human relations do n't have to be like this , that in other countries you open your account in credit , and unless you squander that goodwill by behaving like a complete arsehole , the mutual warmth continues to grow with every subsequent encounter , as though it were natural for human beings to get on together . |
| 7 | Then he added that times were hard for small farmers and told me not to be in a hurry to send in the account . ’ |
| 8 | Although one can not believe that times were good for immigrant artists in the 1950s , a quantity of painting seems to belong to the period , though done a decade or more later . |
| 9 | As with development plans , counties were responsible for strategic issues while districts were responsible for local issues . |
| 10 | Several bishops , in particular Laud himself and Richard Neile , were responsible for important changes in the decoration of their cathedrals . |
| 11 | Sentencing McPherson , the judge , Lord Cameron , said he accepted that McPherson had been in some part less responsible for the violence to Mr O'Donnell that evening , but added : ‘ Nevertheless you played a full part in luring him into the hands of those who were responsible for repeated acts of a bizarre and terrible character upon him . ’ |
| 12 | As with development plans , counties were responsible for strategic issues while districts were responsible for local issues . |
| 13 | The Christians in the Roman colony at Corinth were notorious for issuing lawsuits just to resolve bitter disputes between one Christian and another ( cf. 1 Cor. |
| 14 | Both the Middlesbrough and Newcastle games were dramatic for other reasons . |
| 15 | At the time of Haycocks II , various types of training were available for part-time teachers of which the most widespread schemes were , as we have seen , the CGLI Further Education Teachers Certificate Course No. 730 with its annual intake of approximately 3,000 candidates and the Royal Society of Arts and College of Preceptors courses . |
| 16 | Within a few months of its launch , everything from Mercedes to Metros were available for monthly payments buyers could only dream of before . |
| 17 | The communiqué noted the main problems of the period as follows : " Ideological and political education was neglected , we were over-anxious for quick results in economic development , overheated economy and inflation were caused , the national economy was over-decentralized in some aspects , and the state 's overall regulation and control ability was weakened . " |
| 18 | At the elementary level of existence , many of them were desperate for basic necessities . |
| 19 | The expenses were immense for Elizabethan times , and yet , strangely enough , despite all the pomp and lavish grandeur , Dudley kept well away from the funeral . |
| 20 | A century ago there were empires whose boundaries were difficult for outside traders to penetrate ; now exporters of communications products and services experience difficulties in entering the domestic markets of such large population nations as China , India , USSR , USA , Indonesia , Japan , and Brazil — nations which together have about half the world 's people . |
| 21 | whether , at the date of termination , you were eligible for various rights , for instance in view of your age or location overseas . |
| 22 | These different types of Assisted Areas were eligible for different levels of regional grant aid , mainly in the form of financial incentives for new investment : Special Development Areas had the highest priority , then Development Areas , and Intermediate Areas lowest . |
| 23 | Courses were necessary for mainstream teachers , including headteachers , to help them cater for the multilingual population of their schools , and Heads of Modern Languages , who were often given responsibilities for South Asian languages despite the current limitations of their professional competence to foreign European languages , were a prime target for reorientation courses . |
| 24 | These millions were ready for new forms of fun , or at least new combinations of familiar and proven elements . |
| 25 | Before the 1972 Act , it was usual for principal authorities to have a fairly standard pattern of senior officials — a medical officer of health , an engineer and surveyor , a chief education officer and so on , but there has been a development towards different breakdowns of functions and new titles . |
| 26 | The time was right for original ideas , and Sheaffer had his share of them . |
| 27 | It did n't require much capital to manufacture the equipment or produce the short films , and for some time it was possible for small craftsmen on the British model to keep up with the big boys in France or the US . |
| 28 | Whatever position I adopted seemed to be the wrong one , and it was possible for certain parts of my body to be relaxed and at rest only at the expense of certain other parts . |
| 29 | When services were concentrated in large hospitals , it was possible for good managers to keep a watchful eye open for the danger signals , and although the physical and emotional environment may not have been of high quality , most residents would be properly fed and clothed and protected from abuse . |
| 30 | Red Cottage was unsuitable for other reasons , but there was space and fresh air and I think I need these . ’ |