Example sentences of "had [been] [verb] for the purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | They themselves had been exploited for the purposes of exploitation and although they made a stab at the psychedelic scene , it had n't really come off . |
| 2 | If , on the other hand , ‘ domicile ’ had the meaning which that term had been given for the purposes of the application of the Brussels Convention , it must be assimilated to residence . |
| 3 | An expatriate Iranian satirist , Hadi Khorsandi , later claimed in fun to have had the ear of Rafsanjani , who told him that his discussions with McFarlane ‘ were meant only for him to practise the English language … all the contacts he had had with Americans over the past year had been made for the purpose of learning irregular verbs . ’ |
| 4 | The Labour party had been created for the purpose of ensuring working-class representation in Parliament , and from 1906 onward class became a significant influence in voting behavior . |
| 5 | Goulding J found as a fact that all parts of the sales information had been used for the purposes of the defendant 's business and he divided information into three categories where it was not the subject of any express provision : ( 1 ) Information which because of its triviality or public accessibility was not confidential at all . |
| 6 | Johnson ( 1971 , p. 283 ) points out that , historically , the emphasis ‘ in Britain has been almost exclusively on procedures which would enable Parliament to exercise a post facto check on the manner in which monies had been spent for the purposes approved by ( but not proposed by ) Parliament ’ . |
| 7 | The child claimed that a maths lesson had been interrupted for the purpose . |