Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He justified the very strict timetable ( suspensions were possible for one year only ) on the basis of the need to place the protection of public health above considerations of technological and economic feasibility . |
| 2 | Sunsail 's Oceanis 320s were fine for four people , but would be crowded with the full complement of six |
| 3 | Bernard Pitcock and Ruth Patterson were sick for five hours after the prank by Angela Brown , Newcastle Crown Court heard . |
| 4 | However the early forecasts by the DES ( 1983 ) were flawed for two reasons . |
| 5 | ‘ We were married for 2½ years . |
| 6 | Hughes was the name of my parents , who were married for twenty-five years . |
| 7 | you said you were responsible for two horses |
| 8 | you were responsible for two horses . |
| 9 | On average the consultants were responsible for 22 inpatient beds ( range 12 to 40 ) . |
| 10 | An Amnesty International report of Oct. 11 claimed that in the previous 18 months members of the armed forces , often working in collusion with drug traffickers and right-wing paramilitary groups , had killed 2,500 people and were responsible for 250 others who had " disappeared " following detention . |
| 11 | Data were available for 1923 patients after 186 ( 8.8% ) patients had been excluded for one or more of the following reasons : healing not documented ( 66 patients ) , patient 's first ulcer ( 61 ) , ulcer diameter less than 5 mm ( 39 ) , supplementary ulcer medication ( 23 ) , alcohol abuse ( six ) , patient under 18 years old ( three ) , patient did not take medication ( three ) , ulcer not verified endoscopically ( one ) , anastomotic ulcer ( one ) , gastric ulcer ( one ) , bleeding ulcer at enrolment ( one ) . |
| 12 | Data were available for 215 patients in the first period , and 200 in the second . |
| 13 | The obstetric and neonatal charts were available for 29 members of the cohort . |
| 14 | The government has been forced into a rapid U-turn over plans to cut social security payments to care home residents if they were absent for six days or more . |
| 15 | ‘ The children sat still and were quiet for ten minutes while they listened to the story . |
| 16 | More than four-fifths of non-executives thought it was undesirable for one person to be both chairman and chief executive . |
| 17 | According to sources that could n't be revealed , the Paradise Corporation had pretended that Sir Charles Dobson was alive for ten days after his death so that the leadership of the company could be handed over without shaking public confidence . |
| 18 | During the 1970s and well into the '80s it was usual for four Pakistanis to fill four quarter-finals places . |
| 19 | However , while the views of my right hon. Friend the Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) on Europe have not always been similar to mine , I was pleased to hear him say that he could not see how it was possible for 12 Finance Ministers in ECOFIN — about which we hear a great deal these days — to control a European central bank established on the model set out in the present draft treaty prepared by the Dutch Government . |
| 20 | ‘ I was unemployed for two years and I have just got a nice job . |
| 21 | My father , who was a well-qualified master mariner , was unemployed for four years in the 1930s . |
| 22 | Driesch was wrong for two reasons . |
| 23 | It was dark for four months . |
| 24 | In his comments ( published with the Report ) Mr Baker agreed that this was appropriate for 7 year olds , but proposed that for 11 year olds greater emphasis should be given to the key skills of reading and writing . |
| 25 | James Andrews , a former Lloyds insurance broker , now unemployed , was ill for 18 months . |
| 26 | On one occasion he says he was ill for three weeks , until his friends prayed for him and he recovered that very day . |
| 27 | ‘ We took Bobby straight there but it was touch-and-go for two hours . |
| 28 | It was unfair for one man to be so attractive . |
| 29 | To kill someone , all she did was fast for three days and concentrate her mind on destroying the life of her enemy . |
| 30 | ‘ I was sick for two years . |