Sentence examples for benevolent purpose from inspiring English sources

Lescanne told me that Nutriset's vigilance over its intellectual property has a benevolent purpose.

A fund or endowment established for a benevolent purpose, such as charity, religion, education, or research.

They want to solve specific problems in a specific way (rather than just earmark money for some vaguely benevolent purpose).

What you call "surplus money" the charity and those donors might regard simply as "money" — intended to serve a benevolent purpose, not defray your costs.

A god who creates and then annihilates time, if he is held to be omnipotent, is often credited with having done this with a benevolent purpose that is being carried out according to plan.

The difference is now that they are outside the pews, even if they still hold the same vague convictions about a life spirit or a benevolent purpose to the universe.

The medieval Christian church set up and administered trusts for benevolent purposes.

Statistics can be used for benevolent purposes or for evil ones.

Regular conference year end lists of contributions for benevolent purposes are also recorded.

Philanthropic groups existed in the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, Greece, and Rome: an endowment supported Plato's Academy (c. 387 bce) for some 900 years; the Islamic waqf (religious endowment) dates to the 7th century ad; and the medieval Christian church administered trusts for benevolent purposes.

And the poor she abused worse than brassicas: she recommended mock-turtle soup, costed at 3s 6d per quart, across the page from a "useful soup for benevolent purposes" at three halfpence - one ox cheek tinting 10 gallons of water - served with a sermon about pauper ignorance.