Example sentences of "were for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was hard enough when most transfer prices were for tangible goods , points out Gary Hufbauer , of the Institute for International Economics , in a recent book * . |
| 2 | They were for ketchup-type sauces . |
| 3 | The proposals in the accord were for general improvements in the judicial system , alterations to the electoral system to prevent fraud , decentralization for a participative democracy , and the modernization of state institutions . |
| 4 | Sir , Such is his eagerness to correct me that Pierre dom Engels ( Letters , 18th/25th December ) mis-attributes Antonia Fraser 's own comment to her aunt , who , as I correctly said , was under the firm impression that Book Tokens were for young children only . |
| 5 | The awards , sponsored by the communication equipment manufacturers Tunstall Telecom , were for outstanding achievements by elderly people and their contribution to helping others . |
| 6 | The others , all correctly addressed , were for various occupants at 27 The Grove , Greatham , Hartlepool TS5 1PQ . |
| 7 | We located 5874 hospital records , 1217 of which were for demented patients aged 40 to 64 years at presentation ; 707 records were either lost or contained insufficient information to apply the diagnostic criteria . |
| 8 | The private sector did n't know where you were for two years . |
| 9 | They were for all ages , from the very young to the schoolroom young lady ; some might even be classed as adult fiction , though they were never again to be published as such . |
| 10 | The US State Department responded by reiterating its rejection of any conditions for the release of hostages , and by emphasizing that US forces deployed in Saudi Arabia were for defensive purposes . |
| 11 | Well , Barkingside was a big home they also have one out at Ware they also had one at Upshire but the Upshire one were for disabled children . |
| 12 | Two-thirds of all reservations received were for new books . |
| 13 | In London as a whole the grammar schools ( twenty-one of which were directly maintained by the London County Council ) were for many years to admit 17–20 per cent of each age group , and the movement towards comprehensive schools was painfully slow . |
| 14 | It also coincided with the rise and consolidation of the labour movement in Britain ; and that is a story from which women were for many years absent or in which they featured very much as a minority . |
| 15 | The JS clerks of works were for many years mainly responsible for quality control of building and engineering , which is a role normally undertaken by the architect on construction projects . |
| 16 | Freud always said that his conceptualizations of the instincts were for specific purposes and could be further developed and altered later on , as indeed they were . |
| 17 | Only Christian Lacroix , says John Davidson , shines a light into haute couture 's gloomy penitence Lacroix 's clothes were for real women to wear in real-life situations |
| 18 | Ingenues and waifs may find their perfect attire from more avant-garde designers , but Lacroix 's clothes were for real women to wear in real-life situations . |
| 19 | These were for higher wages , reduced differentials , greater workplace control and more shopfloor participation in bargaining . |
| 20 | No informants provided any information about proportions of students taking up optional courses : the only student numbers provided were for compulsory courses , and not all of these gave their numbers . |
| 21 | Immediate plans were for four parties to leave for the area directly behind the German lines in jeeps , to attack supply dumps and soft-skinned transport . |
| 22 | Incubations were for 10 minutes at 37°C . |
| 23 | I thought they were for sore throats and things Gary ? |
| 24 | Core 's defence relied on the claim that the materials were for artistic purposes , a defence recognised in British law . |
| 25 | Typically , such contracts were for 15 years . |
| 26 | The filters were washed to 2 SSC , 0.1% SDS at 65°C and autoradiographies were for 2 days . |
| 27 | PCBs , although no longer produced , were for 50 years widely used in industry — for example as cooling and insulating fluids and in the manufacture of plastics , adhesives , and lubricants . |
| 28 | Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable . |
| 29 | Consequently , relations between African countries and international companies were for twenty years characterized by a battle to take some degree of national control . |
| 30 | The elections at federal level were for 300 seats in the Federal Assembly — 150 in the Chamber of the People ( reduced from 200 ) and 150 in the Chamber of Nations . |