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 was stated as being to find ways of co-operating on tackling consumer problems connected with cross-border transactions in both goods and services, and to help ensure exchanges of information among the participants for mutual benefit and understanding.

The stated mission of the college is " to glorify God by educating and ministering to a diverse community of students for the purpose of developing servant-leaders, transforming society for the kingdom of Christ.

Harrison stated that " The purpose of this Bill can hardly be said to raise revenue, because it prohibits the importation of something upon which we have hitherto collected revenue.

" House representative Thomas Sisson stated, " The purpose of this bill -- and we are all in sympathy with it -- is to prevent the use of opium in the United States, destructive as it is to human happiness and human life.

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.

In Canada the stated purpose of issuing International Standard Book Numbers for no cost was to encourage Canadian culture.

It was organized by Michael H. Hart for the stated purpose of " addressing the need " to defend " America ’ s Judeo-Christian heritage and European identity " from immigrants, Muslims, and African Americans.

Specifically the final point stated: " A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.

He also gave a list of grievances of the English people and stated that his proposed expedition was for the sole purpose of having " a free and lawful Parliament assembled ".

Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose:

Its stated purpose is to understand " events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal by promoting and supporting important research in this area " and to " examine allegedly paranormal phenomena in a scientific and unbiased way.

The SPR was the first organisation of its kind in the world, its stated purpose being " to approach these varied problems without prejudice or prepossession of any kind, and in the same spirit of exact and unimpassioned enquiry which has enabled science to solve so many problems, once not less obscure nor less hotly debated.

Lenning stated that King James II of England, after his flight to France in 1688, resided at the Jesuit College of Clermont, where his followers fabricated certain degrees for the purpose of carrying out their political ends.

The stated purpose is to reduce the environmental impact by repricing.

As stated by the Department of State, its purpose includes:

The stated purpose of the research program is to establish the size and dynamics of whale populations.

** U. S. troops are sent to the Dominican Republic by President Lyndon B. Johnson, " for the stated purpose of protecting U. S. citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country ", thus thwarting the possibility of " another Cuba ".

" The Ministerial Statement of 1977 stated that the " main function " of ASIS was to " obtain, by such means and subject to such conditions as are prescribed by the Government, foreign intelligence for the purpose of the protection or promotion of Australia or its interests.

The traditional poultry farming view of the domestication of the chicken is stated in Encyclopædia Britannica ( 2007 ): " Humans first domesticated chickens of Indian origin for the purpose of cockfighting in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

The traditional poultry farming view is stated in Encyclopædia Britannica ( 2007 ): " Humans first domesticated chickens of Indian origin for the purpose of cockfighting in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

The Court found that, although the Louisiana legislature had stated that its purpose was to " protect academic freedom ," that purpose was dubious because the Act gave Louisiana teachers no freedom they did not already possess and instead limited their ability to determine what scientific principles should be taught.

Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, dissented, accepting the Act's stated purpose of " protecting academic freedom " as a sincere and legitimate secular purpose.

As I have repeatedly stated, this provision is much more restrictive than the general law, popularly known as the Buy American Act.

He stated, " he Act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning in the territory of the United States north of the line therein is not warranted by the Constitution and is therefore void.

Testifying before Congress, Greyhound Bus Lines stated that the Act had the potential to " deprive millions of people of affordable intercity public transportation and thousands of rural communities of their only link to the outside world ".

Chapter 28 of the 1535 Act of Henry VIII, which provided that Monmouth, as county town, should return one burgess to Parliament, further stated that other ancient Monmouthshire boroughs were to contribute towards the payment of the member.

Under the terms of the Bank of England Act 1998 ( which came into force on 1 June 1998 ), the bank's Monetary Policy Committee was given sole responsibility for setting interest rates to meet the Government's stated Retail Prices Index ( RPI ) inflation target of 2. 5 %.

The preamble to the Class Action Fairness Act stated that some abusive class actions harmed class members with legitimate claims and defendants that have acted responsibly ; adversely affected interstate commerce ; and undermined public respect for the country's judicial system.

Two decades earlier the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 had stated that the United Kingdom and the dominions were " equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations ".

Other purposes are stated in the Federal Reserve Act, such as " to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States, and for other purposes ".

* United Kingdom: The Interpretation Act 1978, section 9 provides that whenever an expression of time occurs in an Act, the time referred to shall ( unless otherwise specifically stated ) be held to be Greenwich mean time.

British policy, stated in the Naval Defence Act of 1889, was to maintain a navy superior to Britain's two largest rivals combined.

The Letters of Patent attached to the Act acknowledged Aboriginal ownership and stated that no actions could be undertaken that would affect the rights of any Aboriginal natives of the said province to the actual occupation and enjoyment in their own persons or in the persons of their descendants of any land therein now actually occupied or enjoyed by such natives.

In a resolution passed on June 29, 2005, they stated that " Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act allows the government to secretly request and obtain library records for large numbers of individuals without any reason to believe they are involved in illegal activity.

The Law Commission stated its view that " the deliberate or reckless causing of disease should not be beyond the reach of the criminal law " and there is continuing debate over whether the transmission of HIV is covered as grievous bodily harm or under sections 22 to 24 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

Special provisions were made for Queen Elizabeth II by the Regency Act 1953, which stated that the Duke of Edinburgh ( the Queen's husband ) could act as regent in these circumstances.

Even when Medical Act 1858 was introduced, which stated that medical students could qualify as doctors, midwifery was entirely ignored.

The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 (, enacted March 2, 1807 ) is a United States federal law that stated that no new slaves were permitted to be imported into the United States.

In reaching that decision, the Supreme Court stated in its majority opinion ( though in dicta ), " that the Tenure of Office Act of 1867, insofar as it attempted to prevent the President from removing executive officers who had been appointed by him by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, was invalid ".

The Act also included a unique provision that stated tin-plates should be admitted free of any duty after 1897, unless domestic production in any year reached one third the imports in that year.

The stated objective of the Dawes Act was to stimulate assimilation of Indians into American society.

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was given impetus by a detailed tax-simplification proposal from President Reagan's Treasury Department, and was designed to be tax-revenue neutral because Reagan stated that he would veto any bill that was not.

However, the 1967 Act stated:

The 2004 Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act stated that the UBC should be funded by the levying of a television licence fee.