Sentence examples for mere purpose of from inspiring English sources

If hipsters are supporting small businesses for the mere purpose of instagram decoration, what of it?

"I was surprised, because I always had faith in the audience that they would realise that this was a fictitious country and the mere purpose of it was to allow people to bring out their own prejudices.

And what he actually said on the spur of the moment to Bishop Wilberforce, comparing a "miserable ape" favourably to a powerful and brilliant man who used his gifts "for the mere purpose of introducing ridicule into a scientific discussion", is funnier and sharper than the monkey-bishop joke to which it has been reduced.

It is possible that a few users want to share their knowledge with others, whereas others are doing this for the mere purpose of gaining reputation points.

Therefore, the number (3 days) was chosen to be sure that a user is taking time to find the question, and is posting an answer on his/her website for the mere purpose of promotion.

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(Numbers would suffice to delineate mere purpose, he says, pointing darkly to Auschwitz).

You might regard Cloverfield as cynically distasteful, since it's essentially a symbolic re-enactment of 9/11 for the purpose of mere thrills.

It is a mere occupancy for the purpose of hunting.

It is clear that these men do not see women as people who are fully and equally human, but rather as mere objects solely for the purpose of sexual objectification and pleasure.

The mere assertion of a laudable governmental purpose, of course, should not immunize a race-conscious measure from careful judicial inspection.