Example sentences of "purpose of [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But of course it is only invariant in a special sense : the author is free to order his universe as he wants , but for the purposes of stylistic variation we are only interested in those choices of language which do not involve changes in the fictional universe . |
| 2 | The United States sought to maintain an atomic energy monopoly — both military and civilian — as a God-given right ; but for the purposes of conventional warfare they needed the support of allies and were prepared to buy international collaboration with superficially altruistic aid programmes . |
| 3 | ‘ So for the purposes of this exercise I 'm eliminating Chatterton and Glastonbury . |
| 4 | For the purposes of this discussion it is best to avoid the term working class literature , in favour of terms which are less polemically charged , such as labouring poets , or even labouring class poets . |
| 5 | For the purposes of this discography I 've ignored the most obvious ‘ Skinhead ’ hits and chosen , with the help of some friends , what I trust is a fairly objective selection of the best , and most popular records from 1968 to 1971 . |
| 6 | For the purposes of this essay I will concentrate on associative learning which covers what is popularly defined as learning , as opposed to genetic learning which is instinctual , hereditary behaviour that has developed through evolution . |
| 7 | For the purposes of this judgment it is unnecessary to set out in detail the concerns felt by the local authority about the placement of the four children with the foster mother . |
| 8 | For the purposes of this judgment it is sufficient to record that the official receiver asked the appellant a number of questions bearing upon the events giving rise to counts 1 , 2 and 4 , most particularly counts 1 and 2 , and elicited from the appellant , albeit reluctantly , answers which were incriminating . |
| 9 | For the purposes of this paragraph we have conducted our analysis using the OPCS " 5 KOS occupational grouping system rather than the Warwick Institute of Employment 's WOC system . |
| 10 | Since it will be a long time before the reflective process turns into action plans , we shall have to make do with what we already know and for the purposes of this chapter we can relate it to Level Three Partnership . |
| 11 | For the purposes of this chapter we will define anxiety as an emotional state usually involving fear , tension and apprehension and commonly associated with anticipation of a threat . |
| 12 | Accommodating interpretation implies a degree of evaluation , which for the purposes of this chapter I would like to consider separately . |
| 13 | For the purposes of this chapter I have given the four schools fictitious names . |
| 14 | Two points if you mentioned praying , reading the Bible , knowing God or anything along those lines , but for the purposes of this chapter you get a score of 5 … yes , 5 points , if you mentioned respecting and caring for other people . |
| 15 | For the purpose of statistical analysis I shall use the three geographical divisions discussed in the first chapter . |
| 16 | As for the question , what do we mean by health ? — for the purpose of this issue we are quite happy to accept the definition proposed in the 1940s by WHO : the total physical , psychological and social well-being of individuals and communities . |
| 17 | But whatever definition one accepts , let us agree that there are such categories , and for the purpose of this work I shall define productive labour as being : labour which is exchanged with capital and produces a surplus-value , a surplus-value moreover which is embodied in material commodities , the form of which is capable of being used as capital for the reproduction and extension of capital . |
| 18 | Perhaps it is not possible to reduce it to a single definition , but for the purpose of this passage I will concentrate on the individual learner . |
| 19 | He retained contact with another salesman still employed at DPR , whom for the purpose of this book we shall call Peter which is not his real name . |
| 20 | For the purpose of this paper he ignores what he terms the pre-influence stage . |
| 21 | A later volume in this series will explore the social psychology of names in greater detail , but for the purpose of this chapter we need to draw only on commonsense understanding of the importance of names . |