Sentence examples for purposes for some time from inspiring English sources

Predictably, the teacher's unions threw a fit, with the local union planning a protest in front of the Times building (having already called for a boycott of the paper).The unions have resisted using student test scores for evaluation purposes for some time, though they are finally coming round to idea.

The Le Touquet agreement, which put the UK's effective border in France rather than England, and the principle underpinning it – that refugees must seek asylum in the first safe country they enter – have been unfit for purpose for some time.

This tasty spice is usually associated with sweet baked treats and the holidays, but cinnamon has been used for medicinal purposes for quite some time.

He added: "We have been raising concerns that the public tendering system is unfit for purpose for some considerable time now.

The Scots were playing with a verve and attacking purpose not seen for some time, with Laidlaw at the heart of it.

Our benchmarks consisted of locations for which there are field data collected for monitoring and evaluation purposes for several time periods.

The operation soon was called off, partly because Hitler decided the required trains were better used for military purposes for the time being.

His movements appeared to have a purpose, for he spent some time opening drawers and meticulously sorting through the prescription bottles and folded-up dollar bills and scraps of paper they contained, but he didn't say what he was after.

Will cities have high-quality data for urban planning purposes for the first time?

· I have spent, for reasons irrelevant for the purposes of this column, some time this week investigating the origin of the word and the place name Loggerheads.

The current building — into which the museum moved from the Beaux-Arts War Memorial Veterans Building in 1995 — served its purpose for a time.