The phrase "and purpose in a" is not complete and lacks clarity in written English.
It could be used in contexts where you are discussing a specific purpose related to something, but it needs additional context to be fully understandable.
Example: "We need to define our goals and purpose in a clear manner to ensure everyone is aligned."
Alternatives: "and aim in a" or "and intention in a".
Like Beckett, Stoppard shows two figures struggling to find identity and purpose in a world that makes little sense.
Brown genuinely believes in rediscovering a sense of national identity and purpose in a globalised world; and considers that it is Britain, rather than only its component nations, which should supply the focus for that identity.
Talking to Liberal Democrat MPs and peers at Westminster last night, I was struck by the renewed sense of determination and purpose in a party that, after 14 gruelling months in office, was beginning to feel a little jaded.
Searching for identity and purpose in a confusing and changing world, many took refuge in nationalism — a continentwide phenomenon that found its most virulent expression in newly created countries like Germany and Italy, where it soon upended culture along with everything else.
"The purpose of these communities," Mr. Epstein wrote in an e-mail, "is to help us connect with one another more deeply, to spur us to act in the interest of the common good, and to change the way we think about values and purpose in a world where traditional religion is no longer vital for us.
I ask the president to appoint a diverse blue-ribbon committee to study and make recommendations about how we, as a nation, will prepare for the coming technology tsunami and answer the tough economic questions of our time: How will we keep the American Dream alive in the Smart Machine Age? How will people find meaning and purpose in a world where full-time work will be limited?
"Once you explain the concept to people -- that the whole purpose is to allow elders to remain in their homes with dignity, security and purpose in an elder-friendly environment -- then it makes sense for a community to begin to prepare," said Peg Cummings, Dunedin's coordinator.
The question is how we can find meaning and purpose in an existence that can seem meaningless.
He's even expressed some thoughts about how ISIS's "caliphate," the Islamic "homeland" being carved out in Syria and Iraq, might be a place where people like him could find meaning and purpose in an otherwise alienated life.
She was confined, to all intents and purposes, in a giant metal cage.
A few chapters later, they have met each other's families and are, for all intents and purposes, in a conventional monogamous relationship with a BDSM element.
