Sentence examples for purpose of countering from inspiring English sources

The officers did not write with the explicit purpose of countering Lt. Col. Davis, but merely to document their observations on the progress and pitfalls of training Afghan security forces in one very unsettled province.

He set up a legal defense Web site for his client, a Twitter page and a Facebook account, all with the purpose of countering what he called the "avalanche of misinformation" about the case and Mr. Zimmerman.

"He said this was not some backdoor method of Russia getting membership in NATO, and he already ruled out going in the front door," Lord Robertson said after meeting with Mr. Putin, who as recently as last week reiterated that Moscow would not seek full membership in an alliance founded after World War II for the express purpose of countering the Soviet Union.

With the stated purpose of countering an Iraqi buildup of weapons of mass destruction and Iraqi support for al-Qaeda and other terrorist networks, the U.S. and the U.K. attempted to pressure other members of the UN Security Council into legitimizing the invasion.

The same holds true for URLs that are part of a white list, to which the analyst can choose to add web sites matching the keywords but are judged not to be relevant for further analysis (e.g., web sites with the purpose of countering extremist propaganda).

Since then, developed countries have cut back on those cooling aerosols for the purpose of countering regular air pollution, which has likely increased the net climate pollution of the power generation industry.

During a speech about the government's anti-terror measures, he said: "We need to bring the same drive, focus and clarity of purpose to countering terrorism that resulted in stopping the boats under Operation Sovereign Borders".

Secondly, and relatedly, talks with the Taliban have been suspended, meaning a core purpose of counter-insurgency is now on the ropes.

The contentious CISPA bill grants telecommunication and Internet companies immunity from sharing users' private information with federal agencies for the purposes of counter cyber-attacks.

However, for the purposes of counter-matching it is sufficient to have only a surrogate for the information on exposure that will actually be incorporated into the analysis.

Delbanco stresses that "one of the insights at the core of the college idea" is the notion that "to serve others is to serve oneself by providing a sense of purpose, thereby countering the loneliness and aimlessness by which all people, young and old, can be afflicted".