Sentence examples for purportedly done from inspiring English sources

Ayouch, though, has purportedly done his research, having interviewed around 200 sex workers.

"No viable claim for an injunction lies until there is something purportedly done under the act," he said.

The principal beneficiary and victim of this idea was McChrystal, tapped by President Obama in 2009 to save the day in Afghanistan as Petraeus had purportedly done in Iraq.

Recent statements by senior U.S. officials in Washington have continued to blame the Kims for the sinking of the Cheonan; it was purportedly done to prove the toughness of the ruling family as it prepares for another transition.

But those revelations, captivating as they are, have been partial —they primarily focus on one government agency and on the surveillance end of intelligence work, purportedly done in the interest of national security.

Ant Financial was controversially spun off from Alibaba in 2011, a move that drew heat from investor Yahoo but was purportedly done in response to Chinese regulations around payments.

Aristotle (384 322 bc) recounts a different story, claiming that Hippocrates was cheated by customs officers in Byzantium; he purportedly did so to show that, although Hippocrates was a good geometer, he was incompetent to handle the ordinary affairs of life.

James Naughtie on Radio 4's Today programme allowed the avowed anti-Zionist professor Steven Rose the chance to attack the morality of Israel's cabinet, when he was purportedly doing an appeal for brain research.

Guidelines on best practice adopted in the European Union include ensuring that the person who is purportedly doing the pointing is also looking at the communication aid they are using.

Instead, we will be concerned here with various probability-like concepts that purportedly do.

The opponent purportedly does not care about that, and it would be begging the question.