Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] for [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the bogies foolishly trotted out for this purpose is the imaginary policeman … |
| 2 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 3 | ‘ And yet he wore a collar and tie , ’ put in Kathleen , tipping Madeira cake crumbs deftly from her plate into the little blue tin always brought in for that purpose with the tea trolley . |
| 4 | After US obstruction , a Committee of the Board of Governors of the IMF was eventually set up for this purpose late in 1972 . |
| 5 | In the middle ages the lord of the manor was regarded as legally responsible for the relief of the poor and one-quarter of the church tithes were also customarily set aside for this purpose . |