Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | We er emphasised to him the impact this would have on Oxfordshire 's er spending requirements and er the hope that the er spending that we get , and we get it in two ways ; one is through , called the standard spending grant , that is a general grant that was given to authorities to spend as they wish , and the other is a specific grants which are given for particular purposes , and some of them cover the legislation that I have mentioned , which we are required to spend specifically on the items for which they 're given . |
| 2 | However , techniques that are developed for theoretical purposes or for other applications may have relevance to the present project , and this is indicated where appropriate . |
| 3 | Ideologies do not just appear in societies ; their function is to legitimate practices , and they are formulated for this purpose . |
| 4 | Although they are helped to meet expenditure through grants from central government , their monies are prescribed for specific purposes . |
| 5 | The Theogonist 's leadership value is not therefore used , but has been included for comparative purposes . |
| 6 | It , too , is based on a detailed classification of occupations ( similar , though not identical , to those of the OPCS ) , which are grouped for many purposes into three social classes : |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Specialized apparatus , which formerly had been made for specific purposes in the laboratory where it was required , could be obtained from manufacturers of scientific instruments , saving much time and labour . |
| 9 | In most cases a single example of the relationships between the object and a given contextual domain has been selected for illustrative purposes , although it will be obvious that there is a vast number of alternative relevant instances . |
| 10 | Of course , most TNCs are domiciled for legal purposes in the First World , and most Third World economic institutions are weak , but the number of exceptions to both rules is growing rapidly . |
| 11 | The characteristics of both the phonemes and of the things in the natural world that are selected for specific purposes are arbitrary in themselves but they become meaningful when contrasted with others to form a set . |
| 12 | The SIB 's new Conduct of Business Core Rule 28 has been adopted for this purpose . |
| 13 | that save where persons under 16 have been exploited for sexual purposes or persons of any age have been made to suffer actual physical harm , sexual depictions should no longer be subject to the criminal law ; and |
| 14 | There are other varieties of deposit , which are made for special purposes , e.g. for housing , and which are subject to special conditions . |
| 15 | In the UK since October 1982 , the number of people unemployed has been measured for official purposes as the number of ‘ people claiming benefit ( that is , unemployment benefit , supplementary benefits or national insurance credits ) at Unemployment Benefit Offices on the day of the monthly count , who on that day were unemployed and able and willing to do any suitable work ’ . |
| 16 | The key point is that if the knives are used for one purpose and do not fall into the category of domestic cutlery there is a case for a ban . |
| 17 | As for the evolutionary precursors of the system , both hydrogen peroxide and various kinds of quinones are used for other purposes in body chemistry . |
| 18 | English is one of the languages that do not use tone in this way though tones or pitch differences are used for other purposes ; such languages are sometimes called intonation languages . |
| 19 | He said there were ‘ good grounds for suspicion that certain offshore banks are used for fraudulent purposes ’ . |
| 20 | Norwegians are keen to train their dogs and Rottweilers are used for many purposes , from mountain rescue to drug detection . |
| 21 | Complex polyphosphates are used for this purpose such as sodium tripolyphosphate or tetrasodium pyrophosphate . |
| 22 | Coyote and fox scat concentrations are used for this purpose , and it is quite common to find mustelid scats from weasels or martens deposited along walls or roads which mark the edge of individual ranges ( Lockie , 1966 ; MacDonald , 1979 ) . |
| 23 | Two arguments are used for this purpose . |
| 24 | When known to be present , iron and manganese can be easily removed from water , and there are several processes that are used for this purpose . |
| 25 | Check lists are used for several purposes : an initial transcription of a language is usually not consistent . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Standards and performance data are used for different purposes in various information and control systems . |
| 28 | Because different lenses are used for different purposes ( for example , a wide-angle lens gets more visual information on-screen than a close-up lens ) , even in straightforward recording , it could be argued that any photographic image is already a distortion of what one sees in the real world . |
| 29 | Operational balances in the Bank of England are like the banks ' own current accounts and are used for clearing purposes . |
| 30 | As we have seen , the operational balances are used for clearing purposes between the banks and to provide them with a source of liquidity . |