Sentence examples for purpose of take from inspiring English sources

The purpose of "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" is to expose kids to what their parent, relative, or a mentor in their lives does for work.

"For all I know, that was the purpose of taking us to the stadium".

"What is the purpose of taking the test twice?" boomed a woman in a black hat and down jacket.

But this was the first time I was flying for the express purpose of taking care of my aging parents.

"For the purpose of taking still photographs you don't really need a fast memory card at all," said Mr. Westfall.

But there is no doubt that state legislators devoted painstaking attention to designing districts for the sole purpose of taking partisan advantage.

Now that the ergonomic range of sportswear has already been transformed into a prized fashion brand, the purpose of taking Moncler to these couture extremes is unclear.

(My dad's father once grew corn in his backyard for the sole purpose of taking weekend naps among the stalks).

Mr. Campbell, 29, is accused of establishing residency in Colorado for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the state's more lenient gun laws to buy 86 guns he later resold in New Jersey for a profit of at least $100 each.

It is of course too easy to mock stories of alien abduction, and it seems to be one purpose of "Taken" to take seriously the obvious distress of people who believe that they have been abducted.

While some bloggers may just be naturally slow — think of the daydreaming schoolmate who used to take forever to get the assignment done — others are more emphatic about the purpose of taking their time.