Example sentences of "[adv] for the purpose [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not simply for the purpose of recouping capital costs , but more importantly for the purpose of generating huge profits for the private sector developers . |
| 2 | Had it been grown there expressly for the purpose of alluring cattle to their destruction , the defendant would have been liable , not on the grounds of Rylands v. Fletcher , but because he would have been in the position of one who deliberately sets traps baited with flesh in order to attract and catch dogs which are otherwise not trespassing at all . |
| 3 | ( i ) The plaintiffs challenge the validity of the section 39 notice , on the footing that it was not issued for the purpose of the Bank exercising its own supervisory functions under the Act , but rather for the purpose of enabling the U.S. Federal Reserve Board to pursue its own inquiries in relation to its own functions as the U.S. regulatory authority ; it is also contended that the notice is defective in form . |
| 4 | Electronic systems are very often concerned with processing weak signals and sometimes the nonlinearity involved is sufficiently slight for quite large signals to qualify as small enough for the purpose of linear analysis . |
| 5 | By contrast , in the Rose Theatre case the judge seems to have been influenced to deny standing partly by the fact that the Trust had been formed only for the purpose of campaigning for the preservation of the remains of the theatre ; whereas the same judge in another case accorded standing to challenge a grant of planning permission to a representative of a snake-preservation society which had been active on the site in question for many years and had ‘ put money into it ’ . |
| 6 | Molly spoke quietly and in English , only for the purpose of relieving her feelings and not in the expectation that this woman would understand . |
| 7 | Indeed , in Reg. v. Secretary of State for Transport , Ex parte Factortame Ltd. [ 1990 ] 2 A.C. 85 your Lordships ' House went further than this and had regard to a Law Commission report not only for the purpose of ascertaining the mischief but also for the purpose of drawing an inference as to Parliamentary intention from the fact that Parliament had not expressly implemented one of the Law Commission 's recommendations . |
| 8 | It relies instead on a political theory about the legitimacy of private power and the conditions subject to which that power may be exercised : a theory that contends that power may be legitimately held only for the purpose of furthering the public good . |
| 9 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Description of Use or in any restriction of driving to specified persons in this Policy the indemnity to the Policyholder in connection with any motor car described in the Schedule shall operate while such motor car is in the custody or control of a member of the Motor Trade and used only for the purpose of its overhaul upkeep or repair . |
| 10 | Section 27(2) ( a ) permits the court or the arbitrator a discretion to ignore the governing law clause if it appears that it has been included only for the purpose of evading the provisions of the UCTA . |
| 11 | Information disclosed on discovery in legal proceedings is clearly held under an obligation of confidence and may be used only for the purpose of those proceedings . |
| 12 | According to the quantity theory , money is held only for the purpose of making payments for current transactions . |
| 13 | The theory behind the methods utilising these bases is described below for the purpose of completeness . |
| 14 | ‘ 2(1) The powers of the Director under this section shall be exercisable , but only for the purposes of an investigation under section 1 above , or , on a request made by the Attorney-General of the Isle of Man , Jersey or Guernsey , under legislation corresponding to that section and having effect in the Island whose Attorney-General makes the request , in any case in which it appears to him that there is good reason to do so for the purpose of investigating the affairs , or any aspect of the affairs , of any person . |
| 15 | Though that Act makes the partnership a corporation , [ it is said ] … that this is merely for the purpose of carrying on the business mentioned in it , and that it can only sue in respect of matters necessarily incident to that purpose . |
| 16 | ‘ Are you interested in recruiting the services of a man merely for the purpose of impregnation ? ’ |
| 17 | Drawing these together for the purpose of an Open University course , Nuttall compiled a list that was intended to embody ‘ the best and clearest features of them all and that is reasonably comprehensive ’ . |
| 18 | The minute for the first of April begins " In the spring of the present year a few friends convened themselves together for the purpose of considering the possibility of opening a News & Reading Room . " |
| 19 | The Shorter Oxford Dictionary defines ‘ interview ’ as ‘ a meeting of persons face to face , especially for the purpose of formal conference on some point ’ . |
| 20 | It is noted here that feasibility and applicability of the method , especially for the purpose of efficient renaturation of the eluted protein , seem to be dependent on the amount of protein in addition to its own renaturability . |
| 21 | Two-thirds , however , claim also to have made much use of information routinely available and to have collected information especially for the purpose of the review . |
| 22 | The clause should therefore be amended to read : " the Tenant " includes the successors in title of the Tenant A landlord may nevertheless for the purpose of privity of contract wish to ensure that the person with whom it is entering into the agreement will be the original tenant under the lease . |
| 23 | ‘ ( 1 ) Any officer , servant or agent of the Bank may , on producing if required evidence of his authority , enter any premises occupied by a person on whom a notice has been served under section 39 above for the purpose of obtaining there the information or documents required by that notice and of exercising the powers conferred by subsection ( 5 ) of that section . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) Any officer , servant or agent of the Bank may , on producing if required evidence of his authority , enter any premises occupied by any person on whom a notice could be served under section 39 above for the purpose of obtaining there such information or documents as are specified in the authority , being information or documents that could have been required by such a notice ; but the Bank shall not authorise any person to act under this subsection unless it has reasonable cause to believe that if such a notice were served it would not be complied with or that any documents to which it would relate would be removed , tampered with or destroyed . |
| 25 | This does mean that re-entry or back to nursing courses presently operating will not necessarily be approved retrospectively for the purpose by the National Boards . |
| 26 | Her father , Richard Rollerson , was the physician to whom James was attached at St Bartholomew 's , and he had cultivated Maud Rollerson 's friendship early for the purpose of improving his status with his tutor . |
| 27 | The directors may , for instance , make gifts to the employees , but only where this can be regarded as ‘ an inducement to them to exert themselves in future , or as an act done reasonably for the purpose of getting the greatest profit from the business ’ . |
| 28 | It 's a temporary position , only three years , but there is obviously a desire on the part of the Embassy to integrate more , not only through the Accademia , but also for the purpose of contacts with English museums . |
| 29 | As already noted , the twofold consequence is that B is regarded as the depositor for the purpose of receiving compensation and also for the purpose of the definition of protected deposit in section 60 . |
| 30 | Indeed , in Reg. v. Secretary of State for Transport , Ex parte Factortame Ltd. [ 1990 ] 2 A.C. 85 your Lordships ' House went further than this and had regard to a Law Commission report not only for the purpose of ascertaining the mischief but also for the purpose of drawing an inference as to Parliamentary intention from the fact that Parliament had not expressly implemented one of the Law Commission 's recommendations . |