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How to use the word purposes in a Sentence? Page #8

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We knew it was going to be a very difficult battle, his doctor called it for all intents and purposes, ‘an angry mass’ — she knew it was a bad tumor after the colonoscopy; she thinks it was a polyp that went bad fast.

Caroline Johnson

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

No one is looking for law enforcement to arm drones for offensive purposes, the police didn't want to preclude any possibility in the future of using the drones to protect citizens.

Farmington Police Chief Paul Melanson

Found on CNN
7 years ago

As the book explains, the Supreme Court of the United States has held in Roe v. Wade that a fetus is not a person for purposes of the 14th Amendment and the book explains that, do you accept that?

Neil Gorsuch

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The whole idea of going to a show, a club, or sporting event it’s a place where other people have already taken care of safety measures, i think most of the time when someone goes out for entertainment purposes, they are kind of suspending their disbelief about the need to protect themselves because they trust someone already looked into this.

Steve Adelman

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

#1. The man in front of you today is a mortician, The patient died on the operating table. If you think the patient should have lived, ask the surgeons. #2. I am here to jumpstart your mind from lethargy. #3. I believe you are familiar with carnal knowledge? The concept that is, not the practical part. Someone with experience? Legal experience you dirty minded fools! #4. The only difference between you and a cow is what I teach you. #5. Most women would prefer the sperm of a law professor to that of a law student. #6. We are not authorities in law. By ‘we’ I mean ‘you’. Some of you might be tempted to think that we are in the same category! #7. You call me Sir and I call you Sir. The only difference is that YOU will mean it while I don't! #8. Not even the devil knows what a man is thinking, leave alone a woman. #9. I agree with the Honourable Justice Kwach, that the legal profession is in danger of being infiltrated by peasants. #10. For the purposes of my lectures, all time will be in GMT and only my Swiss watch will apply. #11. If your female client is going to be convicted of murder, make sure she’s pregnant. Why are you laughing? Of course, I don’t mean that you should be the one making sure! #12. I radiate knowledge because I am in intellectual puberty and not intellectual menopause.

Githu Muigai

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Director Comey’s announcement played right into the political campaign of Donald Trump, who is already using the letter for political purposes.

Dianne Feinstein

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I have directed respective regional authorities to conduct a thorough assessment and compensate all residents whose land had been reallocated for other purposes, land is the property of the state, and when the government acquires it for other purposes, it should not be cause for any disputes.

Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Land is the property of the state, and when the government acquires it for other purposes, it should not be cause for any disputes.

Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Adam Lankford said Adam Lankford may share Adam Lankford methods with fellow scholars at a later date. I am open-minded about sharing data with other scholars for collaborative purposes, and consider those opportunities on a case-by-case basis. This is all the assistance Ican provide at this time.

The Lankford ` study '

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Our loan numbers have risen steadily, and no small number of people have used these for medical purposes.

Li Jin

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

For all practical purposes the accession dynamic is dead ... In a way it has become inconsequential as far as Erdogan is concerned, it will be a piecemeal effort to concoct areas of common interest and build structures of cooperation as the need arises ... That has been the case for refugees, that will be the case for economic integration, possibly for cooperation on counter-terrorism, and areas like that.

Sinan Ulgen

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The regulation for the selection of national team representatives was made with the aim of demanding a high level of morality of our national team athletes and considering the dignity required of a public figure, doping is against the fair play spirit, a basic requirement of athletes, and we decided that a rigorous response was needed for educational purposes to young athletes.

The KOC

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We vehemently dispute the notion that the coating powder sold by my client can be used for either missile production or nuclear application, it is rather used primarily for industrial purposes.

Patrick Mullin

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

A voluntary stranding is a natural behavior of orcas living in the wild… The orcas at Loro Parque are trained to leave the water on their own accord. This behavior is used for manifold purposes, for example, for presenting the animals to the public, for conducting corporal check-ups, for inspecting their blowholes, as well as for testing hearing abilities of the orcas.

Loro Parque

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

President Clinton had established a server for the purposes of President Clinton own staff office, and … her email was subsequently put on that.

Cheryl Mills

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Practical regulations should be in place to monitor them and encourage the development of the technology for good purposes.

Nama Raj Budhathoki

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The proceeds from the bond issue are being raised for general corporate purposes and are aimed at increasing the company's financial flexibility and diversifying its funding sources.

Volvo Car Group

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I am giving voice to those who have (in public forums) expressed the necessity of changing the regulatory framework to authorize the use of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes.

Pena Nieto

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

EU citizens are known to have crossed the external border to travel to (Middle East) conflict zones for terrorist purposes and pose a risk upon their return. There is evidence that terrorists have used routes of irregular migration to enter the EU.

The Commission

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Ahmadinejad brought new life for the maddah, they are supported by the government but they are also used for specific purposes by the government.

Amir Farshad Ebrahimi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At this late date, FX is attempting to establish a historical artifact with this series without reaching out to any prosecution sources. they do have the facts but for purposes of ratings chose not to use those facts and use the facts that will promote viewership, mainly arguments between the lawyers, people getting mad at each other.

Alan Dershowitz

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Few relationships matter as much to Canada as a good relationship with the United States of America, for jobs, for economic growth, for trade purposes, and building the kinds of opportunities for Canadians right across the country that we truly need.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This system was designed for commercial purposes.

Tom Wilson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Remington took a weapon that was made to the specs of the U.S. military for the purpose of killing enemy soldiers in combat -- and that weapon in the military is cared for with tremendous amount of diligence, in terms of training, storage, who gets the weapon, and who can use it, they took that same weapon and started peddling it to the civilian market for the purposes of making a lot of money.

Joshua Koskoff

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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