Example sentences of "for [det] purpose " in BNC.
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| 31 | If music lovers want to educate themselves , they can do so by learning about music from courses specifically designed for that purpose and from studying musical scores and books about music . |
| 32 | Instead they acted as a brake on German economic power by milking the state of subsidy as if it had been set up for that purpose alone . |
| 33 | The sixth principle , that ‘ personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes ’ , follows from its predecessors and places a heavy responsibility on data users to ensure that they regularly weed out data once it has served its purpose . |
| 34 | The confrontation involved in sex seemed of all those available to me for that purpose the most powerful , the most open , the most personal . |
| 35 | From 1846 they could sue those who owed them small sums under £20 in county courts , created for that purpose in that year . |
| 36 | One aircraft is kept on permanent 24-hour standby to fly urgent medical cases to treatment off the island , and the airport can be opened for that purpose at any time at short notice . |
| 37 | It was principally for that purpose the Task Force was conceived . ’ |
| 38 | 12.2 Should the Proprietor for any reason whatsoever not prepare and deliver such updating revision and correction within such time as may be reasonably required by the Publisher the Publisher shall be free to employ for that purpose such writer ( or writers ) as it may think fit and to deduct all or part of the remuneration payable to such writer(s) from any monies due to the Proprietor for such updates , revisions or corrections . |
| 39 | 12.2 Should the Company for any reason whatsoever not procure the preparation and delivery of such updating revision and correction within such time as may be reasonably required by the Publisher the Publisher shall be free to employ for that purpose such writer ( or writers ) as it may think fit and to deduct all or part of the remuneration payable to such writer(s) from any monies due to the Company . |
| 40 | And my Will is to be Buried in Linen in a Suit which I shall provide for that purpose And I do hereby order and direct that the Sum of Ten Pounds shall be paid to the person who shall be the last in attending me to the time of my expiring and who shall see me Inclosed and laid in my Coffin in Linen . |
| 41 | is securely fastened to the head of the wearer by means of the straps or other fastening provided on the headgear for that purpose . |
| 42 | not a constable but is protecting or escorting another person by virtue of powers the same as or similar to those of a constable for that purpose ; |
| 43 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
| 44 | More importantly , I began to write poetry myself , for myself , poetry which I showed to no one and kept hidden in an exercise book reserved explicitly for that purpose . |
| 45 | If , within 5 minutes of a want demand being refused , Joanne had not started screaming ( or any other tantrum behaviour ) , she was rewarded with praise and either a toy or a sweet from a reward ‘ menu ’ kept for that purpose . |
| 46 | To be able to represent you , however , the RCN has to be ‘ recognised ’ by the employer for that purpose and the RCN can not force any employer to grant that ‘ recognition ’ . |
| 47 | ‘ No , absolutely not , though people can take information from it and use it for that purpose if they 're so minded . |
| 48 | ( They were to remain in use for that purpose until the reception of casuals was finally discontinued on November 7th 1949 , when their presence was represented as a deterrent to the recruitment of nurses and a hindrance to the upgrading of what had become the North Wing of Bedford General Hospital . |
| 49 | In either case , however , fiscal policy would be available for that purpose . |
| 50 | Companies are keen to adopt the ‘ open ’ moniker simply for that purpose : how many suppliers these days describe themselves as open systems companies , when just a few years ago they would probably have sneered at the term . |
| 51 | erm in the first place there are no bylaws restricting the display of posters in Harlow erm there are however town planning er restraints on and indeed there are a recognised number of sites which can be used for that purpose . |
| 52 | Any post office receipts for registered mail should be gummed into a special book kept for that purpose . |
| 53 | Like other fair-minded people , we wanted to see more help given to these parents and their children ; and it was plain that over the next ten years or so Parliament would be doing that , and our scheme would be one of the instruments used for that purpose . |
| 54 | Historians have tended to ignore these important developments , which implied the growing need for a small supply of vessels specially built for war ( like heavy artillery , these could only be afforded by the crown ) , the facilities for their maintenance , and the growing appreciation that England 's commercial interests should be defended by ships built for that purpose . |
| 55 | These intra-uterine devices would have had a contraceptive effect and were relied on by some women for that purpose . |
| 56 | There are other heavier materials available on the market for that purpose which also , by definition , are not suitable as a floating cloche as their weight will crush the plants under them . |
| 57 | If the body exercising the power has been established especially for that purpose , the courts are likely to conclude that Parliament intended the body to act personally . |
| 58 | There , electoral law requires that a constituency candidate shall be chosen by secret ballot either in a meeting of party members specially convened for that purpose , or by an ad hoc committee itself elected by secret ballot ; and party officers must give the returning officer a solemn assurance that these procedures have been observed . |
| 59 | By that I mean that , though they do not carry intrinsic labels to discriminate them , yet they can be given extrinsic labels for that purpose . |
| 60 | However they were not indispensable for that purpose . |