Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need to jot down the main purpose , headings , ideas … then build your structure before you begin . |
| 2 | It is necessary to rely on the accounts published since the embargo on absolute secrecy was lifted in 1977 , and there seems little advantage in repeating here what has been told so well already ; and , after all , this book has quite a different purpose . |
| 3 | They are thus more ‘ moral ’ or , as he can also say , more ‘ teleological ’ than Islam , for they discern and hold out an ethical purpose and direction for human life . |
| 4 | Cut-ins , in which a close-up detail of something within the main shot is used , are similar to cutaways and serve much the same purpose . |
| 5 | The recital quoted sets out the reason for adopting such a provision ; and when it comes to interpreting one or other of those detailed provisions , the recital is helpful in setting out the overall purpose to which they relate . |
| 6 | A moment 's reflection upon the several hundred different shapes of glass bottle in an off licence , all of which serve essentially the same purpose of containing liquids , or upon the variety of clothing in the high street , or china in the store , indicates this high degree of variability . |