Example sentences of "was [verb] for [art] [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In order to obtain judicially admissible evidence , US investigators would have to obtain proof that ( i ) a payment was intended for a foreign official , ( ii ) it was made with a corrupt intent , and ( iii ) it was made for a prohibited purpose . |
| 2 | After that has been discovered the temperance reformer may decide that the corkscrew was made for a bad purpose , and the communist may think the same about the cathedral . |
| 3 | He told me how , at one point in his life , presumably in the 1930s , that he was searching for a new purpose and direction in his life ; one offering greater personal fulfilment . |
| 4 | This was the case in Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd ( 1972 ) where cattle food suitable for animals generally was bought for the particular purpose of being fed to mink which turned out to be poisonous to mink . |
| 5 | The argument that she was employed for the specific purpose of teaching students , and therefore not eligible for dismissal rights , was rejected . |
| 6 | Now , it was invoked for a religious purpose . |
| 7 | Because it was constructed for a specific purpose , this text is fairly unusual in that there are few lexical clues to what the text might be ‘ about ’ . |