Example sentences of "[adv] [be] used for [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money has not been used for that purpose . |
| 2 | The proceedings of the House should not be used for that purpose . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Coarse sand can not be used for this purpose , because it soon enlarges the hole through which it flows . |
| 5 | In English the word by is used for this purpose : |
| 6 | The old offices of Lord President and Lord Privy Seal may conveniently be used for this purpose … . |
| 7 | It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina . |