Example sentences of "being used for [det] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | If motorists could see that the tax was being used for that purpose , they would be much happier about paying it |
| 2 | It is quite reasonable for a purchaser to assume that a vendor who sells land for a particular purpose will not do anything to prevent its being used for that purpose , but it would be utterly unreasonable to assume that the vendor was undertaking restrictive obligations which would prevent his using land retained by him for any lawful purpose whatsoever … |
| 3 | Under General Exclusion 1 , no cover will operate if the craft is being used for any purpose other than private pleasure . |
| 4 | KW1RS is being used for this purpose . |
| 5 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |