Example sentences of "was [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Scargill says the Soviet pitmen 's present was intended for international purposes , but the Soviet democratic labour movement says it meant to ease the hardship of striking British miners . |
| 2 | A report of the work was typed by the school secretary but its informal style and the sometimes cryptic references to individual children make it clear that it was intended for internal circulation only . |
| 3 | Population attributable risk was calculated for maternal smoking during the past two weeks , not exclusively breast feeding on discharge from the obstetric hospital , sleeping prone , and the infant sharing a bed with another person ( table V ) . |
| 4 | In addition Gen. Herminio Fuenmayor , the Director of Military Intelligence ( DIM ) , was dismissed for alleged involvement in drug trafficking . |
| 5 | A YOUNG naval rating was dismissed for widespread drug abuse at his court martial at HMS Scotia , Pitreavie , Dunfermline yesterday . |
| 6 | He was dismissed for gross misconduct , which seems to have centred on drug taking and homosexual activities . |
| 7 | Gary Whitham , manager of the Jolly Giant in Lincoln , was dismissed for gross negligence after leaving the cash office unlocked . |
| 8 | The Professional 's wife , acting as Steward , was dismissed for bad language and automatically it cost her husband his job . |
| 9 | It was an unworthily prosaic culmination of a momentous occasion in which , for once , the good in Welsh rugby was exposed for public consumption . |
| 10 | Thirteen would have been unable to cope with the elimination regimen for social reasons or because of poor understanding , eight had tight small intestinal strictures , and eight were on high dose steroids ( both of which would have made the results difficult to interpret ) , four refused , two were treated for postoperative fistulas , two were pregnant , and one was treated for extensive pyoderma gangrenosum and had no gastrointestinal symptoms . |
| 11 | Dino Dugonijic , was treated for facial injuries . |
| 12 | Claire , of Gipsy Hill , south-east London , needed 10 stitches and was treated for black eyes and severe bruises at King 's College Hospital . |
| 13 | A police spokeswoman said the driver , Fiona Bocking , 33 , of Donsey Bank , Marks Tey , was treated for minor injuries at Colchester General Hospital but not detained . |
| 14 | One civilian was treated for minor injuries , and was later arrested . |
| 15 | Gilbey , a marketing consultant , was treated for minor cuts and bruises . |
| 16 | ( a ) 4 , ( b ) 7 , ( c ) 21 - credit was given for approximate answers to the second and third . |
| 17 | Opportunity was given for other topics to be raised . |
| 18 | No date was given for fresh elections . |
| 19 | In fact , practically all I did was to go for solitary walks or pretend to read Virgil or Sophocles , whose two dead languages were now as meaningless to me as mental arithmetic , and as incapable of claiming my concentration . |
| 20 | It had been anticipated they would be operating mainly among the trees surrounding the estate , so the object was to go for maximum noise and shock effect while inflicting the least injuries possible . |
| 21 | Bedford 's Howe was an early probationer and just before Hackett was sent down , Beckett , his prop , was admonished for riotous behaviour . |
| 22 | At the Link Centre a four-day residential study was arranged for deafened people who were finding tinnitus a major handicap . |
| 23 | One patient with an established diagnosis was referred for additional treatment after partial gastrectomy . |
| 24 | When a subject did not show a significant change during the clamp test , a glucose concentration of 2 mmol/l was assigned for statistical comparisons of glucose thresholds . |
| 25 | He began life as a commercial photographer and worked for Renault , but he was sacked for bad time keeping after late nights in the darkroom . |
| 26 | A social worker who was sacked for smoking cannabis while in charge of a group of youngsters , has won his appeal against dismissal . |
| 27 | Maguire , who has rocketed to stardom in the last 18 months , was punished for incorrect use of the whip on Playing Truant , short head winner of the Hopeful Novices ' Hurdle . |
| 28 | Maguire , 21 , who has rocketed to the stardom in the last 18 months , was punished for incorrect use of the whip on Playing Truant , short head winner of the Hopeful Novices ' Hurdle . |
| 29 | It had also been studied in America , with the result that the cylindrical wheel was recommended for high speed work . |
| 30 | From 1917 onwards , however , the educational system became the chosen battle-ground where the child/adolescent Nizan was to struggle for personal identity and stability . |