Example sentences of "was [adj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The time was right for original ideas , and Sheaffer had his share of them . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Red Cottage was unsuitable for other reasons , but there was space and fresh air and I think I need these . ’ |
| 7 | It was normal for impassioned orators to be greeted by a sea of waving handkerchiefs and raised umbrellas . |
| 8 | It was normal for large houses to carry their own petrol pumps and fire appliances . |
| 9 | This was adequate for secondary surfaces but the primary surface of the table top had to be treated very differently . |
| 10 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 11 | In four patients cannulation of the portal vein was impossible for anatomical reasons . |
| 12 | As a result of the controls it was impossible for certain firms to obtain raw materials and replacements , for which no domestic substitutes were available . |
| 13 | All items had to be packed so that they weighed less than twenty-two pounds and sometimes there were so many parcels filling the room that it was impossible for other customers to pass through the door ; the postmaster would then telephone the Newtown depot to request a special van to come and collect them . |
| 14 | Again , as it was impossible for wheeled implements to cross the frequent deep water-cuts of a field ploughed in this way , all cultivation had to be done along the stetch itself ; and this meant that implements — drills , hoes , harrows , etc. — had to be adapted to fit the width of stetch used . |
| 15 | Given the thriving circular trade , it was easy for counterfeit manufacturers to pass off goods which they know would not be checked , said Mr Lumley . |
| 16 | Having defined interest groups in this way , it was customary for early students of the interest group world to sort it out into those groups that were promoting a " cause " or an issue , and those groups that were active in trying to advance the immediate material and " sectional " interests of their own members . |
| 17 | Because it was hard for young refugees to find decently paid jobs ( all else being equal , refugee status was a disqualification in the eyes of most employers ) , they were frequently in debt . |
| 18 | The government should bear in mind that Virgin did not have permission to fly 95 per cent of the routes around the world ; it was unfair for British Airways to fly a ‘ loss leader ’ on the one route where Virgin did have permission . |
| 19 | Its true reasoning was that doubled car consumption would be good for General Motors and what was good for General Motors , as its president , Charles E. Wilson , memorably announced as his political philosophy , was good for the country . |
| 20 | Yes er erm my instructions are that all persons are accounted for in the premises and er once they 've been accounted for er then it was safe for other officers , i.e the C I D or Superintendent to go to that yes and they would not have been allowed in had I not received instructions that the house was secure and all persons accounted for . |
| 21 | One was responsible for industrial relations and union negotiations . |
| 22 | Coming to England as a political refugee , he had originally worked for Thomas Gray , the poet , who , as Professor of History , was responsible for modern languages in the University . |
| 23 | Appointed principal of the Calcutta School of Art and keeper of the Government Art Gallery in 1896 , a post he held until 1906 , he was responsible for momentous changes in the art-school curriculum which led to the first Indian nationalist art movement , the Bengal School of Painting , under the artist Abanindranath Tagore . |
| 24 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 25 | Bibby joined the council immediately after the child care crisis of the mid-80s and was responsible for various changes essential to the organisation , introducing new child care services and revising structures . |
| 26 | The list had been drawn up and presented to Cristiani by the independent Truth Commission , with responsibility under the peace agreement for ascertaining who was responsible for human rights violations during the civil war ( 1980-1991 ) . |
| 27 | There is also the danger of unwittingly shielding the actions and motives of senior management from criticism by implying that it was ‘ the organisation ’ that was responsible for particular decisions . |
| 28 | He was able to ensure that the strong anti-natalist movement penetrated the highest offices of state and was responsible for enormous sums being spent in US foreign aid thereafter ( Simon 1981 ; Warwick 1982 ) . |
| 29 | It was important for regional committees to be independent . |
| 30 | Finance Ministers and central bank governors ( i ) commented that the United Kingdom was moving towards economic recovery , that recovery was under way in the United States , that growth was projected to pick up in Italy and France , and that in Japan and Germany growth had slowed from the rapid pace in 1990 to a more sustainable rate ; ( ii ) noted the importance of strengthening global savings ; ( iii ) reaffirmed the need for effective measures to avoid the recurrence of " recent irregularities that were revealed in some financial markets " ( a reference in particular to scandals in Japan — see pp. 38529 — and to the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International — see pp. 38396-37 ; 38355 ; 38545 ) ; ( iv ) called on the Paris Club to continue discussions on how best to implement promptly additional debt relief measures , on a case-by-case basis , which went well beyond the relief already granted under the " Toronto terms " [ see pp. 36123-24 ] ; and ( v ) noted that it was essential for developing countries to encourage private capital flows . |