Example sentences of "[verb] for [det] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delegates from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth told a meeting in Manchester hosted by a group of ‘ nuclear free ’ local authorities that they would be pressing the Government to ensure the money is not diverted for this purpose . |
| 2 | The paper was ‘ embellished with drafts of the building and kilns erected for that purpose ’ , and these were reproduced in the Dictionary . |
| 3 | The Act regulates the use of automatically processed information about living , identifiable individuals ( personal data ) which is held on computers and other ‘ equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose ’ . |
| 4 | The special Lok-style which Golding devises for this purpose differs considerably from the style he uses towards the end of the novel , when the point of view shifts to homo sapiens . |
| 5 | If you want dill leaf , however , choose one of the varieties developed for this purpose , such as ‘ Dukat ’ . |
| 6 | This is followed by a consideration of bone breakage using a number of indices developed for this purpose . |
| 7 | Cole and Scribner point out that the specific skill developed for this purpose can be transferred to other tasks : they tested literates and illiterates in the Vai script for their ability to distinguish and reproduce units of meaning when heard as a continuous flow , and discovered that the literates were better at this task ( 1981 ) . |
| 8 | The theory developed for this purpose by Wimsatt and Brooks ( and in a rather different way by Ransom and Tate ) takes as its starting-point Richards 's ( and Coleridge 's ) principle of the reconciliation of opposites , though the view it arrives at differs from Richards 's in a number of important respects . |
| 9 | Here and here alone the bourgeois and even more the petty bourgeois family could maintain the illusion of a harmonious , hierarchic happiness , surrounded by the material artefacts which demonstrated it and made it possible , the dream-life which found its culminating expression in the domestic ritual systematically developed for this purpose , the celebration of Christmas . |
| 10 | If he is right in this , then a subsidiary issue arises as to what constitutes for this purpose a sufficient ‘ acceptance ’ of the plea . |
| 11 | Ideologies do not just appear in societies ; their function is to legitimate practices , and they are formulated for this purpose . |
| 12 | A new committee , the Joint Hospitality Industry Congress , is being formed for this purpose by the British Hotels , Restaurants and Caterers Association ( BHRCA ) , see page 8 . |
| 13 | Similarly , if debts due to the company are subject to a floating charge , the interest of the floating charge holder will be subject to any lien or set off that the company creates with respect to the charged assets prior to crystallisation , for a floating charge is not regarded for this purpose as an immediate assignment of the chose in action , it becomes such only on crystallisation . |
| 14 | Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result . |
| 15 | The courts having bankruptcy jurisdiction in any part of the United Kingdom must assist the courts having corresponding jurisdiction in any other part of the United Kingdom or any other relevant territory ( defined as the Channel Islands , Isle of Man and any other country designated for this purpose by the Secretary of State ) ( s 426(10) and ( 11 ) ) . |
| 16 | Equalization is not so much between classes as between individuals within a population which is now treated for this purpose as though it were one class . |
| 17 | Where shares are issued by way of or in substitution for dividends , and the value of the shares issued is calculated by reference to the value of the dividend payable on any class of shares , the value calculated for this purpose should be reflected in the profit and loss account as an appropriation of profit . |
| 18 | An existing certificate may be amended for this purpose . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1976 is not designed for that purpose and it is dubious whether it could be used in that way . |
| 21 | Most serious cases of sex abuse are passed on to a unit which is designed for this purpose and has specially trained staff . |
| 22 | It is not , then , writing per se that has the qualities of explicitness and lack of ambiguity which Olson is attempting to locate , but rather the languages specifically designed for this purpose , of which certain aspects of literacy are a part . |
| 23 | Any protection screen designed for this purpose should be at least 800mm in height above floor level , and must not contain gaps in excess of 75mm . |
| 24 | — it is also possible to draw on materials not designed for this purpose ; |
| 25 | The information contained on the questionnaires was then copied to computer input forms specially designed for this purpose . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the only categories included in the criteria for grants which might be exploited by the arts do not appear to have been designed for this purpose . |
| 27 | Some examples of checklists designed for this purpose , including a modified version of the ‘ Checklist for Analysing Children 's Literature ’ , are shown in appendix 7 . |
| 28 | The intestinal segment , covered by a thin plastic sheet , was placed on a plastic plate specially designed for this purpose . |
| 29 | In this respect they are much the same as primitive people , who often take several days over assembling for some purpose and then several more to get started . |
| 30 | Attainment targets should be grouped for this purpose into profile components to make assessment and reporting manageable ; ( c ) ten different levels of attainment should be identified within each target covering all the years of compulsory schooling . |