Sentence examples for for private ends from inspiring English sources

What the Negro has discovered, and on an international level, is that power to intimidate which he has always had privately but hitherto could manipulate only privately — for private ends often, for limited ends always.

Elites have been accustomed to exploiting the state for private ends.

The maintenance of the cursus publicus required a high degree of organization; an inspectorial system existed to control its operation and prevent abuse for private ends.

But Senator Stavisky questioned the idea of using public colleges' land for private ends, along with the educational mission of some recent land-use proposals, from building a wind farm to housing for the elderly.

Here's how the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines piracy, as cited by the judge: "illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship … and directed … on the high seas, against another ship … or against persons or property on board such ship".

The abuse of eminent domain for private ends is more common in some states than others.

Writing used for purely private ends, such as to record notes, diaries, or other personal data, may be considered to serve a mnemonic function.

There was, however, also a subtext (in Los Angeles, there is almost always a subtext), having to do with Mulholland's fellow civic leaders — Henry Huntington, Harry Chandler, Harrison Gray Otis — who used this public initiative for very private ends.

It encompassed all those situations in which public officials use their public power for selfish ends, private ends -- whether it's their own or maybe their sponsors' or maybe their donors' or maybe the king's.

An example is the use of CRISPR-cas 9 gene editing technology which has different licensing arrangements for public and private end users.

The Luminaires segment comprises luminaire activities for professional users and private end-users.