Example sentences of "were [vb pp] for this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comprehensive quality-assurance procedures for the onsite measurements were developed for this project . |
| 2 | Three reasons were given for this policy : to check further growth of large built-up areas ; to prevent neighbouring towns from physically coalescing , and to preserve the special character of some historic towns ( Elson 1981 ) . |
| 3 | Four reasons were given for this failure : |
| 4 | Thirteen patients were referred for this treatment as they were considered unsuitable for conventional cholecystectomy either on account of age ( n=4 , range 79–86 years ) or serious medical problems ( n=9 , range 72–78 years ) including one patient ( X ) who was on the waiting list for a heart transplant . |
| 5 | Between November 1988 and December 1991 all consecutive patients who were bleeding and admitted to the gastroenterology unit were considered for this study . |
| 6 | A total of 112 pulse arrival times over a 120-day time interval were collected for this pulsar . |
| 7 | Eleven positive and 10 negative sera in the test for IgG anti-human lactoferrin were selected for this analysis . |
| 8 | During the later stages of the field surveys which were made for this Flora , the National Vegetation Classification project ( NVC ) was being carried out . |
| 9 | Four reasons were advanced for this state of affairs . |
| 10 | Styling wax and extra strong mousse were used for this look . |
| 11 | As in most houses in those days , old garments were used for this purpose . |
| 12 | Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) . |
| 13 | Within the South West of England a wide distribution of second homes was found ; 10 per cent of the total building stock in the extreme north-west of Cornwall were used for this purpose but the figure was between 1 and 5 per cent in most districts ( South West Economic Planning Council 1975 ) . |
| 14 | The US military were already spending vast sums on making tritium for warheads and the reactors that were used for this process had been closed , pending repairs , in 1988 as a result of nervousness about reactor safety following the Chernobyl accident . |
| 15 | Since a large number of locations were needed for this study it was decided to use locations which none of the subjects were likely to know rather than stimuli filmed in the Cambridge area which would differ in the degree of previous familiarity subjects had with them . |
| 16 | More were needed for this task than were ever recruited to work underground , and many Cornish youths who worked at the tin " stamps " as " buddle boys " never became adult miners . |
| 17 | They also complain about the shortage of wood brought about by iron smelting , and ask for opinions on that matter : " … also of any opinion conceived of the great consumpcon of timber and all other kinds of wood made in divers places thereabouts by the Iron Mynes " ( they must refer to wood taken for charcoal burning for the furnaces , the iron mines at this stage would not be using large amounts of timber , but the woodlands were decimated for this reason . |
| 18 | So , Special Commissions of the Conference were called for this purpose in 1978 and 1985 . |
| 19 | As public education developed in the middle of the nineteenth century , and as public funds were allocated for this purpose , it was considered that central government should oversee what was taught in schools . |
| 20 | In all , 4 DSOs , 17 DSCs , 11 MCs , 4 Conspicuous Gallantry Medals , 24 DSMs , 14 MMs , 51 Mentions-in-Despatches , and 4 Croix de Guerre were awarded for this raid alone . |
| 21 | A whole class of cars were created for this concept . |
| 22 | And the team will cry out for joy as well , because we were created for this community , and in a way we have been looking for it all our lives . |
| 23 | At Cardiff , Newport and Swansea , docks and railway sidings were constructed for this export trade . |
| 24 | FLYING SCOTSMAN SERVICES have cancelled their two Welshman services which were planned for this month . |
| 25 | Sixty nine subjects undergoing colonoscopy were recruited for this study . |
| 26 | They explained that only the brightest , best and most talented young people were chosen for this sacrifice and that ever since , I had associated success in life with being sacrificed . |
| 27 | The characteristics of the 24 stimuli that were chosen for this experiment are described in greater detail in Chapter 7 . |