Sentence examples for purporting to represent from inspiring English sources

We were an almost entirely Caucasian congregation, purporting to represent the cream of British culture.

They do this through "common talk," purporting to represent "the people" against the establishment despite their own deeply privileged backgrounds.

Still, associates said, Mr. Clarridge maneuvered against the Karzais last summer by helping promote videos, available on YouTube, purporting to represent the "Voice of Afghan Youth".

The sharks, according to Pardew, are agents purporting to represent Ba and trying to rake in fees for selling him on to clubs.

From 1741 to 1744 Johnson's most substantial contribution to The Gentleman's Magazine was a series of speeches purporting to represent the actual debates in the House of Commons.

As a consequence of the discontinuation of the improper circulation practices and of the price increase, the Sun-Times has suffered a 23% decline in circulation and it now faces class action suits from plaintiffs purporting to represent advertisers.

They are not representing the people they purport to represent".

It does not purport to represent Yale University's institutional views, if any.

Candidates may also have to reside in the part of the country they purport to represent.

For the cause they purport to represent, it's Waterloo all right: ours.

"The people who purport to represent that community are no longer doing so," she said.