Example sentences of "were for [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lifts were for transporting patients too sick to protest to departments on higher floors . |
| 2 | The higher success rates were for providing column headings in a table , around 85 per cent for supplying " thousands ' and " hundreds " given " tens " and " units " . |
| 3 | Although EEC policy is necessarily uniform for the Community as a whole , member governments are responsible for applying it in ways which are relevant to local problems , just as they were for identifying boundaries of their Less Favoured Areas in the first place . |
| 4 | They were , they were for grabbing stuff out for and stone cold general cargo , anything . |
| 5 | The four posts that were advertised were for planning activities for disadvantaged groups , for communications , for any idea that would ‘ assist in the development of McGregor Community College ’ and for home/school work . |