Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] for [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 31 | Complex polyphosphates are used for this purpose such as sodium tripolyphosphate or tetrasodium pyrophosphate . |
| 32 | During the war these derelict pits were used for various purposes ; Lee 's or Houlder pit became a bomb and ammunition store for the R.A.F. The top pit of Batchelors was used by the Home Guard as a rifle range , and for other weapon training . |
| 33 | However , under the terms of Protection From Eviction Act 1977 the landlord must enter peacefully upon the land and may not use the right of re-entry at all if the premises are used for residential purposes . |
| 34 | This is now compulsory in many public areas , and special disposal bins are provided for this purpose . |
| 35 | As for the evolutionary precursors of the system , both hydrogen peroxide and various kinds of quinones are used for other purposes in body chemistry . |
| 36 | Yet Gordon suggests that where drugs are administered for another purpose , e.g . |
| 37 | As in most houses in those days , old garments were used for this purpose . |
| 38 | Although they are helped to meet expenditure through grants from central government , their monies are prescribed for specific purposes . |
| 39 | The overall picture which has emerged from the analyses is of more or less consistent use of the same marble quarry for the same elements of the monument , but that a variety of marble types were selected for different purposes . |
| 40 | At the Sizewell inquiry , and in parliament and ministerial statements , much play has been made of the existence of international safeguards and treaties designed to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons and to block civil facilities being used for military purposes . |
| 41 | A system of cross-references was used for this purpose , for example anthropophagy : see eucharist , altar , communion . |