Sentence examples for purpose to turn from inspiring English sources

Because the Russian company and the offshore company both belonged to the same owner, these ordinary-seeming trades had an alchemical purpose: to turn rubles that were stuck in Russia into dollars stashed outside Russia.

He said: "Some people would say they were doing it to right wrongs, others such as the crofters of Eigg, Gigha and Assynt did it very much with a sense of purpose to turn around communities that were on their knees".

And, like our version, it was invented for demagogic purposes: to turn native-born Ivorians and the country's several million immigrants against one another.

Republicans usually don't want to acknowledge that their purpose is to turn away voters, especially when race is involved, so they invented an explanation, claiming that stricter ID laws are necessary to prevent voter fraud.

Earlier this year, administration officials told the Washington Post that their purpose was to turn the Iranian people against their government.

Other Crossroads GPS ads took on "issues" in a way that served no apparent purpose except to turn people against a candidate.

The threat is that populism can be used for purely political purposes and to turn groups against one another.

Their ultimate purpose is political: to turn as much of the working class into Sam's Club Republicans as possible.

DJ Excalibah said his purpose was not to turn his peers into traditional theatergoers but to present musicals in a way that would draw their attention.

Of course the Republicans passing these laws never acknowledge their real purpose, which is to turn away from the polls people who are more likely to vote Democratic, particularly the young, the poor, the elderly and minorities.

Pillar's purpose is not to turn the clock back but to unravel the skein of misinformation, deceit and what can only be characterized as White House bullying that managed to pin the blame for 9/11 and Iraq on the one organization enjoined by law and custom from taking its case to the public.