Sentence examples for purpose to direct from inspiring English sources

Even the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency who has as a prime purpose to "direct international health efforts, tackle epidemics and help in emergencies, (has been) badly weakened by budget cuts in recent years," the New York Times reported September 3.

But he seemed to have another purpose: to direct attention from an international conference on federalism.

Collectively, our results provide a reliable prediction about the cross-resistance of known crizotinib-resistant mutations across all second-generation TKIs clinically available, with the purpose to direct clinicians toward a more personalized therapy, thus enhancing the probability of success.

Relevant analytical results are compared, for validation purposes, to direct integration of the reference and reduced models.

Separating the inmates was intended to serve three purposes: to direct treatment to those who most needed it; to deter others from pauperism; and as a physical barrier against illness, physical and mental.

Thus, it is important to perform lymphadenectomy in ESS patients for both prognostic and treatment purposes to direct adjuvant therapy.

Barash writes that "the brain's purpose is to direct our internal organs and our external behavior in a way that maximizes our evolutionary success".

We're accustomed to thinking of maps as useful objects, whose purpose is to direct us from one location to another, or, in the case of old maps, as fanciful arrangements of bright-colored ink on paper, most evocative for what they get wrong.

Its purpose is to direct the waves around the ship to lessen their impact on it, giving passengers a smoother ride.

By prompting, the teacher supported the student in, for example, communication with a patient; whilst using piloting, the purpose was to direct the student to the correct answer or action.

A working definition for intention is: "to have in mind a purpose or plan, to direct the mind, to aim".