decorative purpose

collocation in English

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decorative
adjective
uk
/ˈdek.ər.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈdek.ər.ə.t̬ɪv/
made to ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofdecorativeandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, he generally comments on the fact that government ears are generally for decorative purposes only.
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It is not painted for decorative purposes.
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The extinction of the elephant through greed, since its ivory can be used for necklaces and other decorative purposes, would be a tragedy, morally wrong and disgraceful.
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Yes, it is used for decorative purposes.
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This would discourage people who are asked to and accept a directorship of this or that company for decorative purposes rather than for the exercise of skills.
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For example, many substances which have adecorativepurposealso have other purposes.
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The woman in a labcoat comes and crushes the flower, saying that any organism that is for justdecorativepurposeis useless.
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The supports have, mainly, adecorativepurpose, the four gigantic columns are part of this excessive ornamentation and exaggerated gestures.
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Before the 1920s, belts served mostly adecorativepurpose, and were associated with the military.
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These piercings play a lesser role in adding stimulation and more or less fulfill only adecorativepurpose.
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The envisioned status elevation did not merely serve adecorativepurpose, but was regarded a necessity to prevail in political competition.
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Even useful articles usually serve adecorativepurposeas well.
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Like most of the court buildings, it mostly serves adecorativepurposeas part of the ensemble.
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The best-known examples appear on mediaeval buildings, where battlements, though defensive, could be attractively formed, thus having a secondarydecorativepurpose.
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Fifteen years prior, the first concept of cubism itself was written off as adecorativepurpose, a replacement of secessionism and mistaken departure into aesthetictism and individualism.
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The isolated runes that are embedded in these poems are there for decorative purposes.
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Some grow them purely for decorative purposes and never make any tobacco from them.
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I understand that after drying and dyeing it is used for trimming millinery and for decorative purposes.
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They were not for decorative purposes; they were for defence: they were intended to be used.
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It is imported in pots of earth and is used solely for decorative purposes; for example, in palm courts in hotels.
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