Sentence examples for purported to make a from inspiring English sources

Knocked Up made quite an impression when it was released in the US, not only with the public (mostly young males) but with critics - who are almost all male - ostensibly because it was not explicitly idiotic like Talledega Nights or Anchorman, and because it purported to make a larger point.

This is one of the first reports on DF stiffness in older adults, as most studies focus on PF because they are purported to make a larger contribution to activities of daily living [67].

Advocates of neo-Meinongianism agree with Platonists and fictionalists that the sentence "4 is even" should be interpreted at face value, as making (or purporting to make) a straightforward claim about a certain object namely, the number 4.

Scientists may have seen more hints of the dark matter purported to make up a majority of the mass in the Universe.

Mzilikazi agreed to two treaties with the Transvaal Boers in 1853, first with Hendrik Potgieter (who died shortly before negotiations ended), then with Andries Pretorius; the first of these, which did not bear Mzilikazi's own mark, purported to make Matabeleland a virtual Transvaal protectorate, while the second, which was more properly enacted, comprised a more equal peace agreement.

One prominent blogger maintained a list that purported to make the case that the manager was the worst ever in American history.

In today's terms, the cap amount should be around $1.1M, but California's Proposition 46 that purported to make this inflation-based adjustment was defeated in a November 2014 referendum.

The first — "Darwin's Black Box" (1996), which purported to make the scientific case for "intelligent design" — was enlivened by a spark of conviction, however misguided.

The combination of these morphologic factors is purported to make this population particularly vulnerable to whiplash-type injuries.

This case and others like it would be more comprehensible if they purported to make procedures for trying criminals more reliable for finding facts and minimizing mistakes.

There was the infamous memo from Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif). released early last month which purported to make the claim that Dowd described in his statement on Saturday.