Example sentences of "[be] for [adj] purposes " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are for illustrative purposes only and can not be guaranteed by Midland Life . |
| 2 | The problem generally classified as ‘ shirking ’ also extends to incompetence , since if the shareholders are for practical purposes unable to replace management the company may suffer from inept leadership quite separately from questions of managerial diligence . |
| 3 | Will he ensure that the vast amount of aid which has been sent into the region for military purposes will in future be for peaceful purposes so that the region 's social injustices are dealt with as rapidly as possible ? |
| 4 | British Standard BS 4821 recommends that two copies of each thesis should be deposited in the library of the accepting institution , of which one will be for archival purposes , and the other for inter-lending , subject to appropriate safeguards . |
| 5 | Larger quantities will be regarded as being for commercial purposes , unless buyers can prove otherwise . |
| 6 | The US State Department responded by reiterating its rejection of any conditions for the release of hostages , and by emphasizing that US forces deployed in Saudi Arabia were for defensive purposes . |
| 7 | Freud always said that his conceptualizations of the instincts were for specific purposes and could be further developed and altered later on , as indeed they were . |
| 8 | Core 's defence relied on the claim that the materials were for artistic purposes , a defence recognised in British law . |
| 9 | It says here the mercury 's for dental purposes , but I do n't think there 's much doubt what it 's actually for . |
| 10 | Staff should be discouraged from carrying over anything more than a few holidays a few days holiday from one year to the next , unless it 's for specific purposes , such as climbing , catching dingo or visiting Aunty Mabel in New Zealand . |
| 11 | It should be noted however , that the serial layout is for illustrative purposes only : the syntactic and semantic analysers can and have been run effectively in parallel . |
| 12 | However the point is for present purposes academic , and it is not therefore necessary for me to consider it further . |
| 13 | Section 6(2) is for present purposes the critical provision . |
| 14 | Slade LJ continued by pointing out that , although the breach of a positive covenant is not always capable of remedy : Nevertheless , I would , for my part , accept … submission that the breach of a positive covenant ( whether it be a continuing breach or a once and for all breach ) will ordinarily be capable of remedy … the concept of capability of remedy for the purpose of section 146 must surely be directed to the question whether the harm that has been done to the landlord by the relevant breach is for practicable purposes capable of being retrieved . |
| 15 | ‘ But North Korean officials believe that only one is for peaceful purposes , while the others are for military aims . ’ |
| 16 | A Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman on Dec. 2 denied the latest allegations , stressing that " Pakistan 's nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes " , but added that " in the evolution of this programme Pakistan has acquired some technical capabilities " . |
| 17 | They would charge £5000 ( ! ) and , because it is for educational purposes , would provide no restriction on sales and extend copyright for a period of 5 years ( 21/6 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ The break-through made by Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission [ 1969 ] 2 A.C. 147 was that , as respects administrative tribunals and authorities , the old distinction between errors of law that went to jurisdiction and errors of law that did not , was for practical purposes abolished . |
| 19 | A major strike breaking phase in industrial relations history was for practical purposes almost over . |
| 20 | As Lord Diplock said in Re Racal Communications Ltd , ‘ The breakthrough made by Anisminic was that , as respected administrative tribunals and authorities , the old distinction between errors of law which went to jurisdiction and those which did not , was for practical purposes abolished . ’ |
| 21 | On Oct. 31 a Chinese Foreign Ministry representative said that all nuclear co-operation between China and other countries was for peaceful purposes and was open to international inspection . |
| 22 | He joked : ‘ It was for medicinal purposes , you understand . |
| 23 | He joked : ‘ It was for medicinal purposes , you understand . |
| 24 | The incident with the students and the film was for experimental purposes only . |
| 25 | Dr Jeremy David , assistant specialist scientist in the Fisheries Department , claims that the killing was for commercial purposes . |