Example sentences of "for a particular purpose " in BNC.

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1 The composer wrote the song , piano solo , quartet or whatever for a particular purpose and for particular soloists , groups of musicians or an orchestra .
2 In projects designed to support small ( and larger-scale ) entrepreneurs various forms of ‘ leakage ’ are frequent : credit funds ear-marked for a particular purpose are deployed for entirely different purposes , or for the purchase of domestic assets .
3 He argued that ‘ interested ’ knowledge , which is knowledge acquired for a particular purpose , is the same as specialist knowledge .
4 The bank manager , accountant , solicitor or building contractor might have something to offer at a particular time or for a particular purpose but they would not be fully established voting members of the group .
5 He wrote over 300 papers on the subject ; these pointed to the head-neck reflexes being the central controlling mechanism responsible for orienting the animal to his environment , both in assuming a posture for a particular purpose and also in restoring the animal to a resting posture after an action .
6 The control was actually mounted where it is in anticipation that the unit might be used at a fixed voltage output for a particular purpose .
7 The purpose of an audit mark or stamp on clients ' documents is twofold : it provides evidence that the document has been examined for a particular purpose ( which should be clear from the audit file ) ; and it helps to avoid the document 's being re-presented as support for a duplicate entry .
8 I have suggested that the channels for the light can be made strong through effort , training and discipline ; this is mainly for a particular purpose , such as writing or singing .
9 Restricted-use versus unrestricted-use : credit is either advanced for one particular restricted use which the lender can control ( anything from an HP agreement for a particular purpose ) .
10 When each Evangelist recorded the stories about Jesus he did so for a particular purpose .
11 This will influence the teacher 's or therapist 's decision regarding whether or not the test is likely to be useful for a particular child and for a particular purpose .
12 Either a representative sample of the population being studied or a judgement sample ( that is , chosen for a particular purpose rather than at random : often it is an already-existing peer group or network of people who know each other ) is interviewed , and recordings of speech are analysed .
13 These means include the appointment of joint committees for a particular purpose , the ability of one authority to place its staff at the disposal of another , and the possibility of local authorities entering into agreements to provide each other with goods and services .
14 It is important to know what type of meeting is best for a particular purpose and to make certain that the participants know the purpose and status of the meeting .
15 For I was also an episode in someone else 's narrative , not my own person , my mother 's child , and brought into being for a particular purpose .
16 As an example of discourse analysis data , it has been selected for a particular purpose .
17 for a particular purpose in their daily activities
18 standing committees which are formed for a particular purpose on a permanent basis .
19 We train to do something for a particular purpose , to develop the performance of specific tasks or skills .
20 Special classification schemes are generally devised for a particular purpose and are to be found in the following environments :
21 Subject headings lists are normally generated for a particular purpose .
22 Communication : the ability to write and talk appropriately for a particular purpose and audience , and to understand and interpret information through reading and listening .
23 He would discover that the report advocates the grouping of pupils according to ability in many circumstances , in order to place the pupil in a specific ability group for a particular purpose as that is a more flexible device for teaching older children in a number of subjects .
24 Opposition Members want us to forbid the use of that personal allowance , if only in part , for a particular purpose .
25 In the majority of cases however , the valuation engagement will be value added , where the firm uses information , which may already have been the subject of validation , enquiry and analytical procedures or information gathering work , to derive a conclusion in the form of an estimated value or range of values for a particular purpose .
26 A well-designed communication structure can do much to minimize this by recognizing the fact that words do not have specific meanings until they are defined for a particular purpose .
27 The Rules of Conduct and Codes of Practice may be amended , varied or rescinded as the Council may think fit and the Council may , in its absolute discretion , waive the provisions of any of the Rules of Conduct or Codes of Practice for a particular purpose or purposes expressed in such waiver and may revoke any waiver .
28 It is well recognised that managing software is difficult because it is in essence a control problem , posing questions such as which particular versions of software items should be used at a particular stage of a project for a particular purpose , or what software should be issued to whom , and when .
29 The ability to write and talk appropriately for a particular purpose and audience , and to understand and interpret information through reading and listening .
30 In any particular case or cases the Council shall have a power to waive in writing any of the provisions of these Rules for a particular purpose or purposes expressed in such waiver and to revoke such waiver .
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