Sentence examples for often purported from inspiring English sources

And in a humorous and lively stage adaptation by Jeffrey Fiske and Max McLean now playing at Westside Theater, he is every inch the cunning English gentleman he is often purported to be.

What renown it has derives from being the river traversable by stepping stones at the base of Box Hill, and from its habit, often purported as a reason for its name, of periodically ducking underground into swallow holes.

School closure is often purported to reduce influenza transmission, but little is known about its effect on families.

But in ideal politics — the realm Mr. Obama often purports to speak for — the meeting could mean another coffin nail for public financing.

The two western powers, who often purport to care about democracy and human rights, are also helping the Saudi monarchy – one of the most repressive regimes on the planet – cover up those crimes at the UN.

It is an ambitious project to turn a region of more than 600m people, with annual GDP of over $2 trillion, into a single market and production base.The Economist's own style book is leery of the word "community", which, it sniffily suggests, often "purports to convey a sense of togetherness that may well not exist".

They also often purport to express of states of mind with analogous structural properties.

Current modelling approaches often purport to be based on a strong theoretical underpinning but, in fact, contain many ill-defined concepts or even contradictions leading to potential misinterpretation.

The gurus often purport to be celibate, they encourage their followers to be celibate, and then, clandestinely, they request sexual favors.

Though fantasy novels often purport to allow readers to escape from the annoyances of real life, Narnia has a homey magic you're unlikely to find in the work of Lewis' friend J.R.R. Tolkien; even the charmed Harry Potter novels venture into darker, more remorseless terrain as the series winds on.

There, Auctor said he more often sees purported MDMA coming up as cathinones (also known as "bath salts") and meth.