Example sentences of "[adj] for the purpose [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unnecessary for the purpose of this case to determine whether that decision is or is not correct : I will assume ( without expressing any view on the point ) that it is . |
| 2 | All too often , resort is made to the standard measures of housing deprivation which are easily available from the Census , without any apparent consideration of whether these are sufficiently specific for the purpose at hand . |
| 3 | In considering a government summary table , it must first be recognized that the raw data were probably collected with no specific use in mind and therefore , almost inevitably , too much detail is given or the format is unsuitable for the purpose in hand . |
| 4 | Therefore , my Lords , I am willing for the purpose of argument to treat the word ‘ appropriates ’ as ambiguous in its context and , on that basis , following the principles enunciated in Black-Clawson International Ltd. v. Papierwerke Waldhof-Aschaffenburg A.G. [ 1975 ] A.C. 591 and the example of Lord Ackner in Reg. v. Kassim [ 1992 ] 1 A.C. 9 , 16 , where the construction of section 20(2) of the Act of 1968 was the question at issue , I turn , for such guidance as it may afford , to the Eighth Report of the Criminal Law Revision Committee on Theft and Related Offences . |
| 5 | ‘ It shall be the duty of every director of a building society to satisfy himself that the arrangements made for assessing the adequacy of the security for any advance to be fully secured on land which is to be made by the society are such as may reasonably be expected to ensure that — ( a ) an assessment will be made on the occasion of each advance whether or not any previous assessment was made with a view to further advances or re-advances ; ( b ) each assessment will be made by a person holding office in or employed by the society who is competent to make the assessment and is not disqualified under this section from making it ; ( c ) each person making the assessment will have furnished to him a written report on the value of the land and any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value , and is not disqualified under this section from making a report on , the land in question ; but the arrangements need not require each report to be made with a view to a particular assessment so long as it is adequate for the purpose of making the assessment . |
| 6 | The minimum period of experience in an architect 's office acceptable for the purpose of the practical training scheme was reduced from five to three months . |
| 7 | When the non-school element of education and training after 16 is , in 1993 , placed in a different part of the education system — even if it is only different for the purpose of separate funding — care will have to be taken not to lose the benefit of previous links . |
| 8 | For the majority of the public the health service is only accessible for the purpose of treatment . |
| 9 | I shall , however , be content for the purpose of this appeal to adopt the narrow approach , which avoids the need to discuss the proper scope of the rule , a point which has not been argued before your Lordships and has hitherto been seriously discussed only by the academic writers . |
| 10 | We went on to the villa which had been requisitioned for the Bologna branch of the Allied Screening Commission : like all the villas requisitioned by Germans and members of the Allied forces alike , it was far too splendid for the purpose to which they put it . |
| 11 | The sellers were in breach of the implied condition that the hopper would be reasonably fit for the purpose for which the buyers required it . |
| 12 | The court sidestepped the question of whether it was a contract of sale or for services , by holding that , whichever it was , there was an implied term of the contract that the goods should be reasonably fit for the purpose for which they were intended . |
| 13 | However , although they were worth less on the open market than if they had been in ‘ good ’ condition , they were still fit for the purpose for which the buyer wanted them ( making into cattle food ) and were still so upon arrival . |
| 14 | It is at the time of delivery that the goods must be reasonably fit for the purpose for which the buyer indicated he wanted them . |
| 15 | Clearly , the farmer had been supplied with a coupling which was not reasonably fit for the purpose for which he had indicated he wanted it . |
| 16 | The product is not of merchantable quality and it is not fit for the purpose for which it was sold . |
| 17 | Many businessmen suppose that there is a general obligation on the seller ( in the absence of exclusion clauses to the contrary ) to ensure that the goods are fit for the purpose for which the buyer intends to use them . |
| 18 | On the other hand in Dodd v Wilson & McWilliam [ 1946 ] 2 All ER 691 , the plaintiff contracted with a veterinary surgeon to inoculate his cattle with a serum and it was held that the surgeon impliedly warranted the vaccine to be fit for the purpose for which it was supplied . |
| 19 | sought orders under section 6(2) directing the solicitors to pay such sums as the court thought fit for the purpose of restoring the investors to the position in which they were before the transactions were entered into and under section 61(1) directing the solicitors to pay such sums as the court thought fit or to take such steps as the court might direct for the purpose of remedying the first defendant 's contravention of sections 47 and 57 . |
| 20 | So we have to accept that a car that might be fit for the purpose of shopping in , in , in a town where the parking places are small and the multistorey car parks are difficult to drive round , er er a quality car might be a Mini . |
| 21 | About a month later the buyer had the clutch repaired at a cost of £45 and claimed this sum from the seller , alleging that the car was not of merchantable quality and not reasonably fit for the purpose of being driven on the road . |
| 22 | It was held that the fact the engine seized up after only three weeks was evidence that at the time of the sale the car was not reasonably fit for the purpose of being driven on the road . |
| 23 | Order 20 , r 12A provides as follows : ( 1 ) Subject to paragraph ( 2 ) , at any stage in an action or matter the court may , if it thinks fit for the purpose of disposing fairly and expeditiously of the action or matter and saving costs , direct any party to serve on the other parties , on such terms as the court shall think just , written statements of the oral evidence which the party intends to lead on any issues of fact to be decided at the trial and RSC Ord 38 , r 2A shall apply to a direction under this rule . |
| 24 | fit for the purpose in the general sense , it also means fit for the purpose in any particular sense you had made known to the shop . |
| 25 | fit for the purpose in the general sense , it also means fit for the purpose in any particular sense you had made known to the shop . |
| 26 | send a message by telephone ( or telegram ) to … ( specify person ) which you knew to be false for the purpose of causing annoyance ( or inconvenience or needless anxiety ) to the said … ( or to … or |
| 27 | The model might be represented thus : unc where S = sales level to be optimised Tvad = television advertising Psad = press advertising Slsfce = Salesforce size and deployment Slsfcecomm = sales commission paid to salesforce Dsincve = distributor discounts and incentives C = factors assumed to remain constant for the purpose of the exercise . |
| 28 | Venturous was ideal for the purpose with her comfortable cabins and large deck saloon . |
| 29 | Following take-off at 0945 the wooded landscape around USAAF Station 133 East Wretham soon gave way to the flat fields criss-crossed with the dykes of Fenland , ideal for the purpose of the day . |
| 30 | The equilibrium assumption allows us in effect to abstract from the determinants of investment — and the role of uncertainty , expectations , ‘ animal spirits ’ , etc. — but at the cost of assuming that disequilibrium phenomena are unimportant for the purpose at hand or are transitory . |