Example sentences of "were [vb pp] for such [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hospital records were sought for such patients who had died in care outside psychiatric hospitals .
2 The EESA team consisted of the educational psychologist who originally proposed that the agency should be set up , a supervisor , and eight workers who were selected for such qualities as their apparent ability to empathize with their clients without seeming patronizing , and to deal with difficult situations .
3 Great advances have been made since the early days of computing , when specialist skills were needed for such interaction .
4 At that time , the inhibition of enzymes was a particular focus of interest as a mechanism of action for drugs , and so nitrogen mustards were tested for such properties , without very striking results .
5 Although clerks were barred by canon law from arms and bloodshed , and indeed were excommunicated for such offences in the thirteenth century , the pervasive propaganda mounted by the clergy in support of the king 's wars served to overwhelm these inhibitions in the early fourteenth century .
6 Sections from the pancreatic tail were screened for such lesions .
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