Sentence examples for about what purpose from inspiring English sources

He began scouting out locations and thinking about what purpose the space would serve.

Even if we assume that there are good and sensible reasons to incarcerate people, there remains some debate about what purpose is served.

The Irish premier, Leo Varadkar, has said London needs to tell the EU about what purpose an extension would serve and how long it would last.

NATO was 63 in April and will celebrate its birthday at next week's summit meeting in Chicago, no doubt accompanied by much debate about what purpose the alliance now serves and whether it has a future.

But I hope Times editors will soon consider holding a discussion, free of deadline pressure, about what purpose the tradition of not naming sexual assault victims serves when their accusations are proved to have no merit.

The RFL need to have a think about what purpose the event is serving though.

In fact, there is no conclusive agreement about what purposes the planned grid extension should fulfill.

First of all, we're dealing with a very long term proposition of changing the mindset of business, the mindset of business leaders, about what firms are about, what their purpose is.

"A lot of people come here and want to know who is behind this, what this private museum is about, what the purpose behind it is.

We were then interested to learn more about for what purpose the nursing system was used.

Still, there is something a bit odd about that sentence: What purpose or meaning does "it" have?