Sentence examples for four purposes from inspiring English sources
Prison is said to serve four purposes: punishment, deterrence, rehabilitation and maintaining public safety.
In its most comprehensive form, an ecobehavioral assessment serves four purposes.
In the specific case of al-Megrahi, early release would be a spectacular denial of all four purposes of his sentence.
Cardinal Dulles, who teaches at Fordham University, said that church teaching held that punishment of criminals should have four purposes: rehabilitation, society's defense against the criminal, deterrence to crime and retribution.
When the House passed the Medicare legislation in October, it said the extra federal money could be used for only four purposes: to reduce the premiums paid by beneficiaries, to reduce their co-payments, to enhance benefits or to prevent the reduction of benefits in future years.
In "Presidents Creating the Presidency: Deeds Done in Words" (Chicago; $25), Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and Kathleen Hall Jamieson argue that inaugural rhetoric serves four purposes: reuniting the people after an election; rehearsing shared and inherited values; setting forth policies; and demonstrating the President's willingness to abide by the terms of his office.
This shift serves two purposes.
Receptacles usually have three purposes.
