Example sentences of "for purposes [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the chances of a complaint being made or a prosecution being brought in these circumstances seem remote , it is conceivable that a prosecutor with censorious views could make use of the legislation for purposes for which it was not intended . |
| 2 | Resources of over US$352,000,000 would be used for purposes including religious schooling and combating corruption . |
| 3 | He may have remembered St Mary 's Tyne Dock , where he freely sanctioned certain things that were illegal because the parish church council wanted them for purposes of devotion . |
| 4 | For one thing , as Jardine points out , while on the one hand the shift of wealth to the mercantile classes was leading to the break-up of the dress code , and enabling the socially mobile to appropriate , for purposes of inclusion , what were supposed to be signs of their exclusion , it was also the case that those who had ‘ arrived ’ socially often wanted to enforce the code against those who had not . |
| 5 | The abandonment of the gold standard and the devaluation of sterling removed the theoretical justification which the Treatise supplied for public works in a period when bank rate was too high for purposes of domestic equilibrium . |
| 6 | It is smaller than Sardinia ( just 22 acres , or roughly 13 football pitches , against Sardinia 's 16,000 square miles , or six million pitches ) which for purposes of containment ought to be counted pure gain . |
| 7 | Others were treated as aliens , although in practice it was easier for CUKCs to emigrate to Britain than other foreigners for purposes of family reunion . |
| 8 | For purposes of litigation , it is true , an infant can and must be represented by an adult , who will be called ‘ the next friend ’ of an infant plaintiff , the ‘ guardian ad litem ’ of an infant defendant ; but such a next friend or guardian represents the infant only for the purposes of the particular lawsuit , and is not necessarily , though he is commonly , the infant 's parent or general guardian . |
| 9 | It may prevent extraordinary powers , like that of compulsorily acquiring land , from being abused for unauthorized purposes ; it may prevent a corporation , constituted for purposes of public utility , from endangering those purposes by engaging in other activities ; it may protect the creditors of a company from the dissipation of the company 's capital , to which alone , in the case of a limited company , they can look for payment , and the members from seeing their contributions applied to purposes for which they did not bargain . |
| 10 | Rights similar to easements may , however , exist in favour of the public , e.g. a public high-way ; or in favour of a limited class — e.g. the fishermen of a village may by custom have the right to dry their nets on a piece of land , the inhabitants of a village may have a right to use the village green for purposes of recreation . |
| 11 | It is clear to all that precious blood has been shed foolishly or even criminally for purposes of prestige alone . |
| 12 | Nor does the need for more fertilisers for purposes of modern agricultural methods pose any problem , as there are ample supplies of phosphates and potash . |
| 13 | Resochin was not pursued at that time , but both compounds were duly registered for purposes of patenting . |
| 14 | Women may insert articles into their vaginas for purposes of masturbation , and men will insert articles into their urethras with the same intention . |
| 15 | It seems to me manifest that in a world in which sexual activity is more and more openly presented in all media , in which sex is exploited for purposes of advertisement and entertainment at every level , and in which people 's sexual proclivities are discussed in the plainest terms , children at school need to be given clear information from an early age , and a chance to have their questions answered at various stages of their school career . |
| 16 | The philosophy of animal rights calls for an end to the commerce in the skins of other animals for purposes of human vanity . |
| 17 | The philosophy of animal rights calls for an end to the capture and training of wild animals , for purposes of entertainment . |
| 18 | Statistical information , principally loan counts , is analysed by category of borrowers and by department ( to show the characteristics of active readership ) and by subject ( for purposes of fund allocation ) . |
| 19 | Examples given are : a league table of the use of each title in the main library and the short loans collection , to determine titles that should be duplicated or marked for reference use ; a record of items never used , for relegation purposes ; records of the use of books by subject , including interdisciplinary use , for purposes of fund allocation ; and analysis of the use of books by date of publication , to determine obsolescence parameters . |
| 20 | For purposes of description , the process of immunity can be classified into four main types ( Fig. 6.2 ) . |
| 21 | This chapter is not itself concerned with the mechanics or politics of the matter , the example chosen is merely a convenient one for purposes of illustrating a very common GIS procedure . |
| 22 | There are minor categories , and sub-categories within the foregoing groups , but for purposes of local history research the types listed will be adequate in most instances . |
| 23 | Four seasonally collected samples have been combined into a single sample for purposes of analysis . |
| 24 | For purposes of simplification , it is convenient to introduce the terms ( 13.18 ) |
| 25 | For purposes of exposition we shall assume that the surplus-value is divided equally between accumulation and unproductive consumption . |
| 26 | For purposes of exposition there is nothing wrong with such use of the schemas . |
| 27 | It should be emphasised that although these statistics are interesting for purposes of comparison , they should be treated with caution because of the differences in the methods of compilation . |
| 28 | Gandhi only began to undertake serious fasts — that is , fasts where there was a danger to his life , as opposed to brief fasts for purposes of spiritual discipline or penance — after he had established a reputation for sanctity and a large following based to some extent on that reputation . |
| 29 | A gene , for purposes of the theory , is a segment of genetic material divided off as best suits the investigator , who needs a unit small enough to be treated as identical through successive generations ; it has no self with which to be selfish . |
| 30 | ‘ Common people worship a variety of icons which for purposes of practicality represent various attributes and aspects of a supreme Godhead . |