Example sentences of "[be] used for [art] [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all of God 's gifts , they are meant to be used for a good purpose and to assist individuals and communities to grow in knowledge and appreciation of the truth , as well as in sensitivity to the dignity and needs of others . |
| 2 | A model represents something , usually in simplified form which highlights aspects which are of particular interest to the user , and is built so that it can be used for a specific purpose , for example , communication and testing . |
| 3 | In order that a workstation on the network ( see Figure 4.3 ) can be used for a required purpose , that purpose must be found to be in agreement with the overall management plan . |
| 4 | Radio programmes or ‘ talking book ’ tape recordings can be used for the same purpose . |
| 5 | Following questions in Parliament , the Department of Trade and Industry announced last October that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading UK export controls , and would be restricted . |
| 6 | On 17 October , Mr Sainsbury announced — ‘ in the light of publicity ’ — that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading export control . |
| 7 | This mode is carried forward from the 1954 Convention , and it is expressly provided that ‘ if exceptional circumstances so require ’ diplomatic channels may be used for the same purpose . |
| 8 | Sometimes a donkey would be used for the same purpose . |
| 9 | There are instances in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in which the courts have , despite such subjective wording , overturned decisions by finding that the power was being used for an improper purpose , or that the public body had applied the wrong test when construing legislative criteria . |
| 10 | Outside the Company Office , Charles was given a walking stick and marched up and down the stone courtyard with other officers between the granary in which the platoons were barracked and long low buildings nearby , previously the administrative block and now being used for the same purpose in military terms . |
| 11 | Ground improvements and publicity were used for the same purpose , and so that football should reach as wide a public as possible , Chapman persuaded the Examiner to publish a Saturday sports edition , the first issue of which appeared on 10 January , 1925 . |
| 12 | It 's no good my saying I know it 's used for the right purpose . |
| 13 | Languages can be learned ‘ at home ’ , where there are few opportunities for mixing with the native users of the language ( such as evening class french ) or they can be learned in a second language situation , either in the country in which that language is native or in one 's own country where the language is used for a specific purpose ( such as learning English in parts of Africa where it is used as the commercial language ) . |
| 14 | The hot water cylinder is , in fact , used as the ‘ heat sink ’ for many solid fuel boiler systems allowing somewhere for excess heat to be dissipated ( sometimes a bathroom towel rail is used for the same purpose ) . |