Example sentences of "originally [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally erected for private defence and as status symbols , today they form part of Italy 's best-preserved medieval town — rich in history and culture . |
| 2 | In practice , the real issue has been something quite different : the development of ‘ warehouses ’ and shopping malls outside town centres on land originally designated for industrial use . |
| 3 | RICO was originally designed for organised crime , or racketeering . |
| 4 | The data were analysed both visually and with the help of the Synectics Gastrosoft Multigram software ( version 5 ) , which was originally designed for oesophageal manometry . |
| 5 | This means that you could for example , take the pieces of garment originally designed for conventional knitting and rotate them through 90 degrees to get a pattern for sideways knitting . |
| 6 | It seeks to compare the benefits originally claimed for general management in the various official statements concerning the acceptance of the Griffiths Report with the actual impact at Regional and District levels within the NHS . |
| 7 | I submit , my Lord Mayor , that any decline in the Council 's finances , is due primarily to the Tories originally looking for electoral success . |
| 8 | The donkey is the beast of burden , and windmills , originally used for grinding maize , abound . |
| 9 | Originally invented for high resolution engineering and plastic surgery , the scanner , which employs a low-energy helium-neon ( He-Ne ) laser , can measure an object three-dimensionally to within a millimetre of accuracy . |
| 10 | Hewlett-Packard Co has had to delay shipment of its new LaserJet 4L printer because of a defective part , US PC Week reports : the printer , originally set for general release May 3 , has been delayed until at least the end of this month , and possibly until mid-June , because of a flaw in the paper sensor , the company said ; the faulty sensor , which sits under the paper tray , causes the printer to communicate a ‘ paper out ’ message and stop printing , even though the tray has paper in it the firm said . |
| 11 | The Teds took their name from the ‘ Edwardian ’ dress-style which had been originally promoted for fashion-conscious city gents who wished to cut an affluent fifties dash . |
| 12 | The operation , originally planned for early afternoon , was re-scheduled and it was n't until quarter to six that she returned to the ward , still feeling groggy from the anaesthetic . |
| 13 | There were other Iranian terminals in the Gulf , at the islands of Lavan and Sirri , originally bases for offshore oil exploration and later adapted for export , rather like the islands of Halul and Das on the Arab side of the Gulf . |
| 14 | Such a project began in the British Museum in 1978 , using a computer originally purchased for scientific work , but now transferred to a ‘ super-minicomputer ’ which runs powerful database software . |