Sentence examples for purpose lay from inspiring English sources

Two black lambskins that he had used for this purpose lay discarded in the straw.

"It is hard not to conclude that some religious purpose lay behind this," says Stringer.

With financial support from government and donors, an array of NGO-based, often single purpose, lay health workers were recruited to provide care, support and counseling in health facilities, homes and communities.

'History seems to turn into a series of mass killing operations and, on the face of it, little else.' Friedlander's real purpose lies in laying bare not the administrative machinery of genocide, but the failure of nerve at every level to confront it.

But a wider purpose lies beneath the easygoing charm of these pastels.

(And in that purpose lies the state's constitutionally defensible rationale — something above mere animus towards gays and lesbians — for excluding them from the institution).

That is crucial for the expeditionary missions that have preoccupied NATO since the cold war.A clear political purpose lies behind this.

Clearly, we are in no imminent danger of Ithkuil becoming established as the koine of the realm — its purpose lies more in the domain of speculation than in that of implementation.

The town law says its purpose lies "in strengthening and supporting all caring, committed and responsible family forms" and extending "certain societal privileges and benefits currently enjoyed by members of a duly recognized marital unit".

Granting that Mr. Bush has demonstrated in his brief political career a much greater sensitivity to minority concerns than the average Republican, what political purpose lies behind the image-making?

The other third of the job, boss of the Cabinet Office (which helps make and implement government policy), will go to a political insider.A steely Cameroonian purpose lies behind this Whitehall merry-go-round.