Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] for [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 5 ) The setting up of ad hoc sub-committees ( committees set up for one purpose only and disbanded after their task is accomplished ) is a useful technique to make sure that the Hon. |
| 2 | Often these representations are made by the Faculty of the Institute alone , but wherever it is considered beneficial , submissions are made in conjunction with other professional bodies and , indeed , the Tax Faculty is represented on a number of joint bodies set up for this purpose . |
| 3 | Prentice opened it and wedged it open with a rusted chunk of iron left there for that purpose . |
| 4 | The proportion of rooms held back for this purpose is renegotiated annually : Winter has agreed to continue the 1985 arrangements over the following summer , i.e. 30 per cent over June-August and 15 per cent in May and September . |
| 5 | Bob works relentlessly for one purpose ; that his music could change mankind 's thinking to bring about unity among the races , and more so for the oppressed people . |
| 6 | More importantly , I began to write poetry myself , for myself , poetry which I showed to no one and kept hidden in an exercise book reserved explicitly for that purpose . |
| 7 | If you have taken the recommended Norwich Union insurance cover you must make an insurance claim under the Legal Expenses section in respect of any legal fees incurred abroad for that purpose , and if you have taken alternative insurance , you must do likewise under any Legal Expenses cover provided by it . |
| 8 | When the States-General had particular items of important business to transact with a foreign state it continued until late in the century to send abroad for this purpose missions recruited from its own members : sometimes as many as sixteen were accredited . |
| 9 | Many , but sadly not all , camcorders enable you to monitor the sound in the field via an earpiece which is plugged into a socket provided specially for this purpose . |