Sentence examples for purpose behind it from inspiring English sources

There's Abel's, as a spy whose identities remain hidden; Donovan's, as the negotiator who maintains the face of his mission but knows how to dissimulate his own personal purpose behind it as well; and that of his counterparts in East Berlin, who also maintain a perfect face of performance opposite Donovan.

Following the 1969 Law Commission report The Interpretation of Statutes, British courts began to use a more purposive approach, which directed that when interpreting a statute they should examine the purpose behind it, rather than simply using the text of the statute itself.

"Let's do the walk with a little more purpose behind it," Bridges advises.

It was not senseless violence, there was a purpose behind it.

Although light-hearted in character, Klinsmann's ploy seems to have a serious purpose behind it as American interest in the World Cup reaches unprecedented levels.

Recent events have shown us that what sets us apart must not just be our power – it must be the purpose behind it.

The purpose behind involving these experts was to get valuable insight on how meanings evolved in discarded/undesirable products.

What were the purposes behind it?

I'm not so sure there's any divine purpose or anything behind it, but what I do know is that by learning through my mistakes I've tended to get better," George says.

"We can't see any legitimate purpose behind this investigation, and it looks to us like another attempt to repress legitimate political dissent," said Ann Beeson, associate legal director for the A.C.L.U.

Is there a purpose behind this or is it simply ignorance?