Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would . |
| 2 | The overall impression resulting from these findings is that emergency services specifically designed for potential attempters might be of benefit to some , but the impulsive nature of the act , and the fact that the attempt often appears to be carried out with a particular purpose not related to help-seeking , but aimed at someone in close proximity , reduces the chances of preventing suicide attempts by this method alone . |
| 3 | However , with God himself at the focus of our lives , we can rise above mere curiosity and focus in on the true purpose for reading the Bible . |
| 4 | That is to be increased and perhaps there should be an increase in the sentence for hardened criminals going out with a criminal purpose and carrying a knife . |
| 5 | This is a hybrid case in Banbury erm the opting out legislation was brought in for a specific purpose . |
| 6 | As well as crime for corporations and crimes against corporations ( employee theft ) , there are corporations deliberately set up for the sole purpose of committing criminal activity . |
| 7 | Eventually , they got around to the main purpose of the visit . |
| 8 | Just as teacher secondment is most successful when teachers go out with a specific purpose in mind , so employer secondment works best when employers come into school with a particular task to perform . |
| 9 | Common themes included concern at failure to think through to an underlying purpose — the absence of any rationale . |
| 10 | I think those points perhaps ought to be taken up at the General Purposes Committee since er we have the problem of their decisions . |
| 11 | Thus drainage schemes , carried out for the express purpose of intensifying agriculture , converting land from grass to cereals , and ‘ rationalizing ’ hedge and ditch systems , may create further drainage problems in their turn . |