Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] for [det] purpose " in BNC.
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1 | It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose . |
2 | For example , if you are looking for something for your in-foal mare , choose a supplement which has been made specifically for this purpose such as Medi Equus stud formula . |
3 | Over the years I have discovered that the subjects I enjoy doing most of all are not far from my home ; my garden , conservatory , figures usually doing something , are my favourites and my family and friends are commandeered regularly for this purpose . |
4 | Magnets have been used before for this purpose , but never in such a way that water has had to pass through several opposing magnetic fields . |
5 | The manufacturers defend the practice saying that the rabbits are anesthetized for the shootings and that ‘ they are raised specifically for this purpose ’ . |
6 | However , no money has been allocated specifically for this purpose . |
7 | Instead they acted as a brake on German economic power by milking the state of subsidy as if it had been set up for that purpose alone . |
8 | Another common advance ordering practice is that of selecting books a few months before publication , after scrutiny of information provided by library suppliers or ( in the case of academic libraries ) by specialized alerting services which have been set up for this purpose . |
9 | A Working Party has already been set up for this purpose and will have met by the time this issue of ‘ Contact ’ is published and mailed to registered Members of Convocation . |
10 | Organizations are thus conceived of as purposive social arrangements , as stable social groups with internally differentiated roles that are brought together for some purpose . |
11 | The university has made clear that any funds raised from a sale will be used only for that purpose and not to clear its accumulated deficit , as originally intended . |
12 | The modular exhibition described above can be utilised subsequently for this purpose . |
13 | Is it not time for an initiative to make local authorities hand over their property to housing associations , and could regional ombudsman be set up for that purpose ? |
14 | It is impossible to exaggerate the importance that the Danakil attached to this practice , rating as they did a man 's prowess by the number of his kills ; many raids were undertaken principally for this purpose . |
15 | New Oxford Street and Victoria Street in central London were built partly for this purpose . |
16 | In some cases , organisationally distinct units were created especially for this purpose . |
17 | Some were sent especially for this purpose but they were also an important means of communication and often the back of the postcard is as interesting as the front . |
18 | Grade 4 and 5 land is used largely for this purpose although occasional fields of oats , barley or forage crops occur in grade 4 . |
19 | This can be done easily using a scalpel blade , an old fashioned razor blade or a small sharp knife which is used solely for this purpose . |
20 | If the body exercising the power has been established especially for that purpose , the courts are likely to conclude that Parliament intended the body to act personally . |
21 | The Highlands Congested Districts Board was set up for this purpose in 1897 , but it was able to achieve very little . |