Example sentences of "these were [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 These were tailored for different races , the R-1 ( Registered NR2100 ) with an 800hp Wasp Senior and enough fuel for pylon racing and the Thompson Trophy in particular .
2 These were done for a particular customer that wanted them buffed .
3 These were leased for a nominal sum from a very understanding Tangmere Parish Council .
4 Kilns such as these were built for convenience against a hillside so that the raw materials could be fed in from the top and the burnt lime taken out at the bottom .
5 After much debate it seems that these were built for rabbits to live and breed in so that they could be caught for meat and fur .
6 These were selected for examination by the assessors , but rejected for planning faults .
7 Intending participants were asked to provide either an extended abstract or a position paper for the workshop , and a number of these were selected for presentation .
8 A Russian representative stayed for about a year in Stockholm in 1635 – 36 , and another spent four years in western Europe , mainly in the Dutch republic , in the early 1660s ; but both of these were sent for mainly commercial purposes and the second was an Englishman long resident in Russia .
9 Some of these were collected for Scott 's edition of Swift .
10 Specs like these were destined for file servers in large companies , or to grace the MD 's desk and be used rarely if at all .
11 Only in 1914 were Indonesians admitted to schools where the medium was Dutch ( these were intended for Dutch and Eurasian students ) .
12 These were averaged for the six subjects and the SEM was calculated .
13 These were planned for later in the year , although dates had yet to be announced .
14 It bore branch-coloured collar patches of rank ; these were replaced for all officers by subdued khaki patches by an order of April 1941 , to be implemented from October 1941 , but the outbreak of war disrupted this programme , and many photographs show uniforms still bearing coloured patches long after that date .
15 Together with records for the current population these were searched for routinely recorded data on arterial pressure , smoking , body mass index ( weight ( kg ) divided by squared height ( m ) ) , oral contraceptive use , and either stated alcohol intake or social , haematological , or biochemical evidence of alcohol damage .
16 These were opened for the temporary short-term placement of pupils in danger of suspension , with the expectation that suspension rates would be reduced .
17 We chucked their livers into a large barrel fastened to the mast ; these were sold for cod-liver oil and the money they fetched was the perquisite of the crew .
18 The kitchen had one small window , the parlour two , one looking out over Brodick Bay , the other inland ; joined to this main building were various outhouses , each having a door , a window , a box-bed , a small deal table , a candlestick , and a wash-basin of its own : these were let for the most part to single gentlemen , though now and again she had also lady lodgers .
19 The irony , of course , is that since a considerable proportion of these were bred for the purpose , a large number of animals would not otherwise have lived were they not destined to die prematurely .
20 These were designed for hitting large formations .
21 These were working for a pay of from 9d. a day to 2/6 .
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