Sentence examples for have their purpose from inspiring English sources

But in the current government's rhetoric, the ASB grounds have their purpose in taking away tenancies from the badly behaved in general.

Yet these discrepancies have their purpose, because what we glean from Belvaux's trilogy is the reassurance (rare on film, with its terror of inattention) that people are both important and unimportant, and that heroes and leading ladies, in life as in art, can fade into extras before our eyes.

As I've written before, the pictures (and in this case video) are the antithesis of the perfectly framed and focused wildlife photography typical of National Geographic and BBC documentaries (those images have their purpose, too, mind you): Another fun site is Camera Trap Codger, maintained by a retired Smithsonian Institution biologist.

They all have their purpose and when used together in concert can really help you get most of the way there.

"They used to operate from church halls, but are well established now; they have their purpose-built offices in every parish.

As the divergence between the fighting in the air and on the ground shows, "the Americans have their purposes, we have ours," said Sher Agha, a captain with the Northern Alliance.

National myths have their purposes, but refusing to examine them or see that they are myths is a form of willful blindness.

Each character has their purpose and it's played out with ease.

Every one of them had their purpose, though, and each of them has left an indelible impact on my life.

A sense of narrative distance returned on Mr. Newman's sociopolitical critiques, some of which — like "Louisiana 1927," a flood ballad that served as a poignant anthem after Hurricane Katrina — have recently had their purposes renewed.

But Mr. Bernanke and other Fed officials note that the purchases have their own purpose, to stimulate the economy, and will not continue indefinitely.