Example sentences of "was [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , while there was support for hunger marches and the General Strike , there was nearly always an emphasis placed upon the constitutional nature of such conflict and , in any case , the working-class interests were always operated through the trade unions to the Labour Party , which emphasized its acceptance of parliamentary politics . |
| 2 | There was support for coalition in the North and in Scotland , where local cooperation was pushing back municipal socialism in 1920–21 , and also in Birmingham , where Austen Chamberlain traded on the family name and Neville brooded uneasily on the course of events . |
| 3 | But the committee was hopelessly divided on what it meant by Christian hope — whether it was hope for peace and perfection in this world , or hope for a future life , or hope only of forgiveness at the last . |
| 4 | In the BUF itself there was money for propaganda publications , including Action , Blackshirt , Fascist Weekly and Fascist Quartetly . |
| 5 | There was opportunity for maladministration in terms of both efficiency and peculation . |
| 6 | As for me it was preparation for Morning Service at 10.30 am . |
| 7 | There was murder for gain , and for the most trivial and pointless reasons , often for hardly any reason at all . |
| 8 | The proctologist was fishing for gossip . |
| 9 | In a sort of roundabout way , he was fishing for information about her habits , and attitude to boys . |
| 10 | Payment was never made for a vessel taken from its owner for royal service ; nor was compensation for loss of a ship , or even damage to its equipment , normally given . |
| 11 | Strong among the answers from the Rape of Hastings was blame for infiltration from Kent and the continued presence of ‘ wantonness , spleen or illwill ’ . |
| 12 | The mean overall coefficient of variation assessed by comparison of paried biopsy specimens was 20% for butyrate metabolism and 23% for glutamine metabolism . |
| 13 | The Minister droned on at length about all the things Britain was doing for animal welfare in Europe . |
| 14 | IF EVER there was need for proof of the quality of Welsh publishing these days , three recently published colourful hardbacks , superbly illustrated from Wales University Press provide ample evidence . |
| 15 | IF ever there was need for proof of the quality of Welsh publishing these days , three recently published colourful hardbacks , superbly illustrated from Wales University Press provide ample evidence . |
| 16 | There was need for restraint … . |
| 17 | In his opening address on 29 September the pope rejected the notion , common since Vatican I , that the authority of the pontiff alone was sufficient to govern the Church , and listed the four aims of the Council : that the Church should have a clearer idea of its own nature ; that there was need for renewal ; that Christians of all denominations be brought closer together ( he apologized for the Catholic Church 's own failings in its relations with non-Catholics ) ; and finally , the need for dialogue between Church and world . |
| 18 | The defence QC , Robert Henderson , asked PC Fraser whether there was room for misunderstanding over what Sutherland had said . |
| 19 | And erm later on let's see f when the war started and I mean they wanted cheap labour and all that , there was room for apprentice . |
| 20 | But she admits there was room for rationalization in other areas ; ‘ at first clothes were never costed properly ; in fact we may have been underpricing ’ , she explained , ‘ but for Laura the most important thing was that everyone was working happily together ’ . |
| 21 | For others it could be a pleasant existence if places were available and there was room for flexibility and experiment in provision . |
| 22 | No doubt there was room for argument as to whether in 1923 it was still possible to have a peer as Conservative Prime Minister . |
| 23 | Amid the disillusionment felt by some , that the minority of farmers are spoiling it for the rest in not keeping the environment clean , one manufacturer at least , hopes not dampened by the weather , felt there was room for optimism . |
| 24 | Make out there was room for improvement . |
| 25 | I always felt that there was room for improvement in top management . |
| 26 | On the other hand , it was clearly preferable to the assumption that to be deprived of a child was punishment for sin . |
| 27 | Medical literature , though bound to note and discuss the physiological causes , in no way contradicted the strong belief promoted by all other literature of the time , that madness was punishment for sin . |
| 28 | For more than 30 years Mr Hewitt was coroner for South West Durham , retiring from that position when he became a judge in 1980 . |
| 29 | Local government was inefficient and lacked leaders of calibre ; the civil service was too amateurish ; the House of Commons needed a strong committee system ; policy coordination and planning were poor ; and many felt that there was scope for reform with respect to the redress of individual grievances against the state . |
| 30 | Faced with a much reduced market for heavy trucks in Europe ( including the UK ) in the early part of the 1980s , talks were began between Leyland Vehicles and GM 's Bedford Trucks in 1984 to see if there was scope for collaboration between the two companies . |