Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He arranged as quickly as possible for the vault under the House of Lords to be vacated by its tenant and the news that it was available for renting to be passed to the associates of Guy Fawkes . |
| 2 | The Library used a database written by Dr Cullen for cataloguing purposes , but because of software limitations , the system could not be used efficiently for enquiries , and it was unsuitable for processing subscriptions , loans and book orders . |
| 3 | Although a date for the elections was not set , the government indicated that it was anxious for voting to take place before the end of the year . |
| 4 | The Fao area was repaired to the extent that it was possible for loading to be resumed at a restored Mina al-Bakr terminal . |
| 5 | It also remained a source of controversy among the Canadian electorate , its supporters maintaining that it was essential for competing with the world 's other large trading blocs , while its opponents blamed it for Canada 's current economic malaise . |
| 6 | I think they found that it just was n't practical to wear very long dresses ; it was alright for dressing up , but not for every day . |
| 7 | It was responsible for drafting a Bill and a campaign which resulted in the introduction of radical and influential legislation in 1974 . |
| 8 | The LTTE said it was responsible for shooting down a military aircraft on July 5 over Elephant Pass , at the entry to the Jaffna peninsula , killing all 19 people aboard . |
| 9 | The group 's leader , Hennie Muller , denied that it was responsible for beating to death a black mineworker in March , and blamed the neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ( AWB ) . |
| 10 | One local radio contractor said it seemed unreasonable that the Home Office should be deciding between two competing claims on the spectrum when it was responsible for running one of them . |
| 11 | So much milk came into Waterloo that it was renowned for smelling of sour milk all day . |
| 12 | I would n't say it was ready for popping off , you know what I mean . |
| 13 | During that period the bees would be working busily up and down in the fermenting liquid and at the end of the two weeks it was ready for straining and bottling . |
| 14 | From the late 1690s and during the reign of Queen Anne it was common for leading Tory commoners to hold briefing sessions for backbenchers , normally immediately before or just after the beginning of a new session . |
| 15 | Well outside the city centre , it was ideal for removing the ‘ mentally ill ’ from the community and locking them away — out of sight and out of mind . |