Example sentences of "for this [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underlying cause for this decision was the awful damage caused by the savage winter of 1709 . |
| 2 | The main reason for this tendency was the lack of true evidence . |
| 3 | However , the most valuable long-term effect of the plans for this index was the classification scheme which was devised in order to arrange it . |
| 4 | The impetus for this work was the seemingly low prevalence rates generated by the Melton Mowbray study . |
| 5 | While such victim and self-report surveys are not new what was new for this country was the scope of this survey . |
| 6 | The motive for this system was the provision of income for the royal treasury from the fees charged on the transaction of money-changing ; it was not prompted by any financial crisis . |
| 7 | Apparently the starting point for this design was the body of an 0–18 model Martin , but the slightly less angular shape and rounded Venetian cutaway have given the guitar a look all its own . |
| 8 | A further trial for this region was the destruction wrought by Hurricane Joan in October 1988 . |
| 9 | Although in theory under the personal command of the new Regent , in fact Will Douglas led , grumbling at having to carry so many lofty ones along when what was needed for this attempt was the toughest of mosstroopers . |
| 10 | One of the last examples for this period was the conscious creation of a further naval base at Granville , in western Normandy , called the ‘ clef du pays par mer et par terre ’ by Charles VII in the charter by which he granted privileges to those who would come to settle there to keep it for the good of France . |
| 11 | My first choice of tide for this book was The Offshore Island because it reflects a return to our seventeenth-century political and military status , and our true position in the world today . |
| 12 | The main reason for this shift was the reduced importance of the major variable in most economic location models , transport costs , as improved transport and telecommunication facilities have overcome the friction of distance , particularly for the new ‘ sunrise ’ industries of micro-electronics and software design . |
| 13 | One of the reasons for this improvement was the radical shift in the status quo of broadcasting that took place in November 1982 , when the new fourth channel went on the air . |