Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] for the purpose [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were : ( a ) murders in the course or furtherance of theft , ( b ) murders by shooting or causing an explosion , ( c ) murders in the course or for the purpose of resisting lawful arrest or of escaping from legal custody , ( d ) murders of police officers in the execution of their duty and persons assisting them , and ( e ) murders by prisoners of prison officers in the execution of their duty and persons assisting them . |
| 2 | ( c ) is travelling against the advice of a qualified medical practitioner or for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment . |
| 3 | An order is not to be made under the section if the company entered into the transaction in good faith and for the purpose of carrying on its business and at the time there were reasonable grounds for believing the transaction would benefit the company : subsection ( 5 ) . |
| 4 | That subject to the approval of the Board of Inland Revenue , the Directors be and are hereby authorised to amend the Rules of the Dawson International Savings Related Share Option Scheme into the form presented to this meeting and for the purpose of identification initialled by the Chairman hereof . ’ |
| 5 | ( 3 ) An alternate Director shall ( except when absent from the United Kingdom ) be entitled to receive notice of meetings of the Directors and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purpose of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director . |
| 6 | ( 3 ) An alternate Director shall ( except when absent from the United Kingdom ) be entitled to receive notice of meetings of the Directors and shall be entitled to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is personally present and generally at such meeting to perform all functions of his appointor as a Director and for the purpose of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director . |
| 7 | ( ‘ Wickes ’ ) , until trial from using any premises in the Kirklees area as a retail do-it-yourself centre or for the purpose of any other retail trade or business on Sundays , except for the purpose of carrying out transactions excepted under the Act of 1950 . |
| 8 | persistently make telephone calls without reasonable cause and for the purpose of causing annoyance ( or inconvenience or needless anxiety ) to … |
| 9 | These patients received treatment for H pylori infection and returned for endoscopy to investigate either the result of treatment or for the purpose of this study . |