Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | for at that time from far and near there is a gathering of the clans : the games were instituted with that purpose , and have continued to draw together year by year Highland chieftains and men of note , and ladies of rank , accomplishments , and beauty . |
| 2 | All which things these dukes wist well were done for good purpose and necessary by the whole council at London . ’ |
| 3 | All which things these dukes wist well were done for good purpose and necessary by the whole council at London . ’ |
| 4 | Reacting to Ms Ashworth 's claim , BT said it would be appalled if those machines were used for that purpose . |
| 5 | As in most houses in those days , old garments were used for this purpose . |
| 6 | Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) . |
| 7 | Within the South West of England a wide distribution of second homes was found ; 10 per cent of the total building stock in the extreme north-west of Cornwall were used for this purpose but the figure was between 1 and 5 per cent in most districts ( South West Economic Planning Council 1975 ) . |
| 8 | So , Special Commissions of the Conference were called for this purpose in 1978 and 1985 . |
| 9 | As public education developed in the middle of the nineteenth century , and as public funds were allocated for this purpose , it was considered that central government should oversee what was taught in schools . |
| 10 | DNA information was collected for one purpose many years previously in the case of Ray Williams . |
| 11 | The Crown 's powers of inclosure were greatly limited , and statutory definition was given to the commoners ' rights , which they could freely exercise under the supervision of the verderers : the Court of Verderers was reconstituted for this purpose . |
| 12 | A system of cross-references was used for this purpose , for example anthropophagy : see eucharist , altar , communion . |
| 13 | The large engine in the boat gallery was used for this purpose at the Liverpool Lighterage Company Yard in Northwich , Cheshire . |
| 14 | In the early nineteenth century ice was used for this purpose only in a most limited way , on a few country estates and in the area around Barking , where it was collected from the marshes most winters . |
| 15 | The house was used for this purpose from 1933 until the outbreak of war in 1939 , when it was used by the Leicester committee for refugees from Czechoslovakia , until it was destroyed by enemy action . |
| 16 | The program CASP was used for this purpose . |
| 17 | Initially , a sleeve sensor was adapted for this purpose in adults and we have now developed the UOS sleeve sensor so that it is small enough for use in children . |
| 18 | ‘ The money was brought for another purpose . ’ |
| 19 | The fast-growing , drought-resistant eucalyptus was imported for this purpose and the appearance of an entire region was transformed by the importation of an alien tree . |
| 20 | Housing Acts in 1885 and 1890 eased local authority borrowing for housebuilding , and as a result £4.5 m. was borrowed for this purpose between 1890 and 1904 . |
| 21 | It was originally operated by the HIDB itself , but a marketing cooperative ( Lewis Livestock Ltd ) was established for this purpose in 1980 . |
| 22 | They devoted much time to the investigation and publication of wage rates ( A. L. Bowley was recruited for this purpose ) and investigation of labour conditions , including those in the sweated trades . |