Sentence examples for except for the purposes from inspiring English sources

When TS Eliot's second wife, Valerie, forbade Peter Ackroyd to quote from Eliot's work, "except for the purposes of fair comment in a critical context", the message was clear: nothing about the man was to be inferred from the poems.

(2) Except for the purposes of § 225.4(b) of this subpart and subpart E of this part, or as otherwise provided in this regulation, bank holding company includes a foreign banking organization.

No prints or other reproductions shall be made from such films or slides, except for the purposes of paragraph (1), without the permission of the Secretary of the Treasury.

The bill, which the State Legislature passed in June, called for an immediate moratorium on closing subway fare booths "except for the purposes of repair and renovation or in case of emergency" while the advisory panel reviewed the city's antiterrorism and security measures over the next three years.

Under a 1985 Federal court order known as the Handschu agreement, the police are prohibited from investigating political gatherings except for the purposes of crowd control or when they have specific information that the group has committed or plans to commit a crime.

The trouble with them is that they suffer from a kind of anxious enthusiasm that leads them to imitate something else they have no business copying--except for the purpose of impressing the ignorant--and the result is phony.

The buildings and machinery were of little value except for the purpose of manufacturing beer.

Earlier this year, Congress enacted a law forbidding Guantánamo detainees to be brought onto United States soil except for the purpose of prosecution.

Stabilizing is prohibited except for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of a security.

People don't need to replace their car on a regular basis except for the purpose of keeping up with the Joneses.

Those rulings relied on a Federal Census Act provision that requires the Secretary of Commerce to use sampling in determining population "except for" the purpose of Congressional reapportionment.