Sentence examples for purpose at the time from inspiring English sources

"I'm proud of it," he told me from Dalton Maag, his London typography studio, "but only because it suited its purpose at the time.

Mr. Govan cited that purchase as an example of an acquisition that did not have a specific purpose at the time but has since benefited the museum, as, he said, he hopes the new acquisition will.

It is here that he comes right out and says it: He is an author with a "propensity to fib in order to make himself look better, or worse, whichever serves his purpose at the time".

At Carter's trial for murder, the judge, J. F. Mullally, instructed the jury, "There is no evidence that defendant had any lawful authority to require deceased to go to his house for questioning, and if defendant was trying to make deceased go there for that purpose at the time of the killing, he was acting without authority of law, and the law of self-defense does not apply".

And the revisionist historians will be free to make up whatever lies fit their purpose at the time.

SNP MP Angus MacNeil told the Commons on Tuesday: "If the vow swayed 6% of the Scottish people, it served its narrow political purpose at the time.

Baseline medication use was validated by a trained nurse who examined pills and prescriptions brought to the clinic for that purpose; medication use at the time of the second CAC evaluation was obtained by questionnaire.

According to The Indianapolis Star, it was appraised for tax purposes at the time for $20,000.

The medieval repertory, if not quite incidental, is what happened to suit its purposes at the time.

But although there was the occasional exception, usually down to an injury, overriding all this was the maxim that the best players, which for purposes at the time meant Test cricketers, would prove the most adept at cricket played over 60 overs.

The patterns on the apron are traditional ones that he has in the past interpreted in various ways, depending on the circumstances and his own purposes at the time, and he could no doubt find new meanings suited to this occasion, but just then the Colonel's daughter brings him a cup of coffee and offers him a sweet biscuit.