Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] for [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | Latterly , until its closure in 1963 , it was used by the permanent-way department , and has since been sold for industrial purposes . |
| 2 | Calling on North Korea to make a similar pledge , Roh said that nuclear energy would only be used for peaceful purposes . |
| 3 | The conditions of use to which all users are required to agree insist among other things that users should not attempt to identify particular individuals or households , that the data should only be used for academic purposes , and that any publications which make extensive use of the data should acknowledge this . |
| 4 | And the day after Central broadcast a documentary on the Marsh Arabs in Southern Iraq … revealing how communities are being destroyed … the Prince condemned Saddam Hussein for claiming the marshes are only being drained for agricultural purposes . |
| 5 | The money has not been used for that purpose . |
| 6 | Force , which had long been used to conquer territory and to gain markets and raw materials , could no longer be used for these purposes . |
| 7 | There is apparently no graphological device , whether of spelling , punctuation , capitalization , etc , that can not be exploited for such purposes . |
| 8 | ‘ A mythology can not be created for literary purposes out of whole cloth ; it must be the work of a race . ’ |
| 9 | The proceedings of the House should not be used for that purpose . |
| 10 | This latter provision was seen as means to assure NATO that certain Warsaw Pact aircraft could not be used for offensive purposes . |
| 11 | One would ‘ ring-fence ’ or protect the grants to be given to local authorities so they could not be used for other purposes ; the other would give elderly and disabled people in local authority residential homes the same social security rights as those in private or voluntary sector homes . |
| 12 | for so long as may be necessary to enable the vehicle , if it can not be used for such purpose without stopping in that length of road , to be used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or in connection with any building operation , demolition or excavation , the removal of any obstruction to traffic , the maintenance , improvement or reconstruction of that length of road , or the laying , erection , alteration , repair or cleaning in or near to that length of road of any traffic sign or sewer or of any main , pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas , water or electricity , or of any telegraph or telephone wires , cables , posts or supports . |
| 13 | However , if the buildings can not be used for such purposes ‘ other uses are preferable to allowing the buildings to remain empty or grossly under-occupied ’ . |
| 14 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
| 15 | Coarse sand can not be used for this purpose , because it soon enlarges the hole through which it flows . |
| 16 | The EP , concerned about moral implications of patenting human and animal life , has supported the Council of Europe efforts , most recently through a joint declaration urging that the Convention should be produced ‘ as speedily as possible ’ and supporting the principle that ‘ the human body should not be used for commercial purposes ’ . |
| 17 | Unless the trustee allows otherwise , a proof in respect of money owed on a bill of exchange , promissory note or other negotiable instrument or security upon which the debtor is liable can not be admitted for any purpose , unless the document or a certified copy is produced ( r 6.108 ) . |
| 18 | Appendix 1 is the most endangered list , and animals on it may not be traded for commercial purposes . |
| 19 | There are about 600 of them , and they can not be traded for commercial purposes . |
| 20 | In 1986 the Norwegian government had demanded the return of the water because it suspected that , contrary to the original agreement , it was not being used for peaceful purposes but for the manufacture of plutonium for nuclear weapons [ see p. 36942 ] . |
| 21 | When it is not being used for these purposes it is available for use by other organisations . |
| 22 | A currency that started inflating strongly would rapidly be abandoned for all purposes , except that of paying tax to the government printing it . |
| 23 | A well built unit can always be used for other purposes should your venture not come up to expectation . |
| 24 | Should a leadership value ever be required for comparative purposes then use the value as 10 . |
| 25 | Some 60 per cent of education journeys and 43 per cent of shopping and personal business trips are made on foot , with one fifth and one third of all walk Journeys respectively being made for these purposes . |
| 26 | Once the applicant has put his case , the respondents may adduce their evidence in the above order which should also be followed for cross-examination purposes . |
| 27 | A new 15 foot tufting machine is also being installed for this purpose , replacing one which originally came from the Glenvale factory in Paisley . |
| 28 | All which things these dukes wist well were done for good purpose and necessary by the whole council at London . ’ |
| 29 | All which things these dukes wist well were done for good purpose and necessary by the whole council at London . ’ |
| 30 | In English the word by is used for this purpose : |