Defense lawyers, however, say the loan program had more than one purpose, for example, rewarding executives for company successes.
Bioelectrochemical systems that are used for a specific purpose, for example, microbial fuel cells used to produce electricity.
Modern technology has been adopted for this purpose; for example, a quick Web search reveals specialized dating services for almost any religious or ethnic subgroup.
Are they the best for their purpose, for example for teaching symmetry of molecules or summarizing ever increasing volumes of data?
Even among customer segments that support a brand's social purpose, for example, individual consumers may take purpose into account to varying degrees when making product choices.
Anxiety, it seems, can serve an important social purpose; for example, it plays a key role in the development of some children's consciences.
Non-compete agreements can serve a useful economic purpose, for example by making companies more willing to invest in worker training and education, since they're more likely to reap the rewards of this investment.
There's another called a "warranty of fitness for a particular purpose". For example, if a salesperson advises that a particular computer is powerful enough for gaming, then he or she is warranting that it is.
Blagrove adds that the impact of the study is profound, and that understanding what is causing the changes in activity in the "hot zone" could reveal whether dreaming has a purpose, for example in memory processing.
They include treatments that more than "minimally manipulate" patients' cells and those that use stem cells in a way different from their original purpose — for example, a fat stem cell to treat a neurological disease.
Many dams are built for more than one purpose; for example, water in a single reservoir can be used for fishing, to generate hydroelectric power, and to support an irrigation system.
