Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] for [det] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | As public education developed in the middle of the nineteenth century , and as public funds were allocated for this purpose , it was considered that central government should oversee what was taught in schools . |
| 2 | Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) . |
| 3 | Reacting to Ms Ashworth 's claim , BT said it would be appalled if those machines were used for that purpose . |
| 4 | As in most houses in those days , old garments were used for this purpose . |
| 5 | A system of cross-references was used for this purpose , for example anthropophagy : see eucharist , altar , communion . |