Sentence examples for purported to do from inspiring English sources

"We entrusted him to do what he has purported to do".

They rejected GE Ns proposal because they didn's think it would do what it proposald to do.

But that appears to be what he has purported to do.

If we assume that it did not, we still need not reach the question whether California could constitutionally allow Runnels' statements to be used as evidence against respondent, for California has not purported to do so.

The trouble with Arizona's ballot initiative, he explained, is not that "somebody else got into the legislature's lane and purported to do something about elections" but that it completely cut out the legislature from its Article I responsibility.

Few in their audience – kids notwithstanding – may ever have believed that stage conjurors genuinely dabble in the supernatural, but at least that's what the acts occasionally purported to do.

Which is precisely what it purports to do.

Or maybe that alternative wouldn't purport to do this.

"If they do only what they purport to do, it's perfectly legal," Mr. Levin said.

It purports to do almost exactly what its competitors do, but it is slow and sometimes difficult to navigate.

He added, "We're going to have to take a very careful look at what this bill purports to do".