No one seemed to know for sure what had happened, nor was there any purpose or responsibility in the muttering feet and urgent voices behind the driver, beyond finding out.

His purpose, however, was not to establish an empire, but to assert the principle of divine justice.

Anyone who tried to remedy some of the most glaring defects in our form of democracy was denounced as a traitorous red whose real purpose was the destruction of our government.

But by the time the papers were finally disposed of, the group had informed the world of its purpose, its recommendations, and its belief that Paul Bang-Jensen was not of sound mind.

Against Seebohm formidable foes have taken the field, notably F. W. Maitland, whose Domesday Book And Beyond was written expressly for this purpose, and Sir Paul Vinogradoff whose The Growth Of The Manor had a similar aim.

It was doing very well, too, having reached the center, and was pursuing its way with commendable singleness of purpose when Mr. Podger saw hazard approaching in the shape of a flashy little sports car.

Sing Sing's prisoner strike was motivated by a reasonable purpose, a fair break from parole boards.

But if his purpose was to inspire terror, his action could hardly have miscarried more obviously.

One moment, the road was filled with disciplined troops, marching four by four with a purpose as implacable as death ; ;

No, Kayabashi was bringing his associates here for a specific purpose and Rector would not be able to fathom it until they arrived.

Claire was bitterly disappointed but determined not to let the rebuff daunt her purpose.

Its purpose was to find ways of offsetting the United States' declining balance of trade for 1958 and 1959.

The State Ballet of Rhode Island, the first incorporated group, was formed for the purpose of extending knowledge of the art of ballet in the Community, to promote interest in ballet performances, to contribute to the cultural life of the State, and to provide opportunity for gifted dance students who, for one reason or another, are unable to pursue a career and to develop others for the professional state ; ;

The purpose of this provision was thus explained in the Court's opinion: ``

It was determined that the hours of sunrise and sunset, respectively, should be used for this purpose.

At this date, it seems probable that the name of Serge Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History, as an effective Traditionalist, who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation, and used it as it served his purpose ; ;

-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.

It was stated earlier that one purpose of this study was to extend the analysis of variability of Onset and Completion in each of the 21 growth centers somewhat beyond that provided by the data in Tables 1 and 2.

The purpose set forth at the beginning of this book was first to introduce the reader to a general background knowledge of the various types and capabilities of the forecasting methods already in use, so that he might then be in a position to evaluate for himself the validity of the rather astonishing empirical correlation that is to follow, and to appraise the forecast that its interpretation suggests for the future of farm prices over the years immediately ahead.

One purpose of the change was to attain sympathetic enforcement of rights insured by the Civil War amendments against state interference.

The Justice's elaborate examination of the legislative history of the provision in question suggests that Congress' purpose was merely to make unions suable.

the purpose of producing plays at the College is three-fold: to provide the Carleton students with the best possible opportunity for theater-going within the limits set by the maturity and experience of the performers and the theatrical facilities available ; ;

The purpose of RHA is to enhance the quality of residence hall life and provide a cohesive voice for the residents by addressing the concerns of the on-campus populations to university administrators and other campus organizations ; providing cultural, diversity, educational, and social programming ; establishing and working with individual hall councils.

He believes that Luke ’ s purpose was to share his faith in Jesus, to provide guidance for living under Roman role and to inform believers of how to act if put on trial.

The English Language Liturgical Consultation ( ELLC ) is an international ecumenical group whose primary purpose is to provide ecumenically accepted texts for those who use English in their liturgy.

It concludes a series of historical books running from Joshua through Judges and Samuel, the overall purpose which is to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the Jewish kingdom by Babylon in 586 BCE and a foundation for a return from exile.

The purpose of perforator flaps ( DIEP, SIEA, SGAP, IGAP ) is to provide sufficient skin and fat for an aesthetic reconstruction while minimizing morbidity from harvesting the underlying muscles.

Evil had a purpose, to provide a lesson to help change for good ; while suffering from evil was seen as virtuous.

Under the latest economic protocol ( signed 3 January 1997 ), Turkey has undertaken to provide loans totalling $ 250 million for the purpose of implementing projects included in the protocol related to public finance, tourism, banking, and privatization.

Both Jesus and Paul seem to provide " exceptions " to marriage as being its ideal according to the purpose of God because of extraordinary circumstances (" because of the impending crisis "), see also Pauline privilege.

The self-described purpose of Christianity is to provide people with what it holds to be the only valid path to salvation as announced by the apostles of what the Book of Acts describes as, The Way.

Its purpose is to periodically provide the international scientific and technological communities with an internationally accepted set of values of the fundamental physical constants and closely related conversion factors for use worldwide.

However, also available general-purpose DBMSs can often be used for such purpose, if they provide basic user-interfaces for straightforward database applications ( limited query and data display ; no real programming needed ), while still enjoying the database qualities and protections that these DBMSs can provide.

The major purpose of a database is to provide the information system ( in its broadest sense ) that utilizes it with the information the system needs according to its own requirements.

Alternatively, each computer may have its own user with individual needs, and the purpose of the distributed system is to coordinate the use of shared resources or provide communication services to the users.

The true purpose behind kindergarten is “ to provide a child-centered, preschool curriculum for three to seven year old children that aimed at unfolding the child ’ s physical, intellectual, and moral nature with balanced emphasis on each of them .”

" They serve a valuable purpose in paleontology because they provide direct evidence of the predation and diet of extinct organisms.

We can therefore distinguish in the epistle both a general purpose ( to increase mutual joy ) and a specific purpose ( to provide readers with test by which they might assure themselves of their salvation ).

The saddle's basic purpose is to provide the end point for the string's vibration at the correct location for proper intonation, and on acoustic guitars to transfer the vibrations through the bridge into the top wood of the guitar.

The purpose of the non-controlled drugs in combination is often twofold: 1 ) To provide increased analgesia via drug synergy.

The stated purpose of this program was to reduce the considerable poverty and overpopulation on Java, to provide opportunities for hard-working poor people, and to provide a workforce to better utilise the resources of the outer islands.

The objective in a session is not to provide music for an audience of passive listeners ; although the punters ( non-playing attendees ) often come for the express purpose of listening, the music is most of all for the musicians themselves.