Sentence examples for purpose was almost from inspiring English sources

Its original purpose was almost as an internal M&A fund for Internet startups.

Within this composition, the number of papers reporting on CoPs that focused on the two categories of intended purpose was almost equal, while the single profession or organisation CoPs were more focussed on changing practice or implementing evidence-based practice.

Dexamethasone is commonly used for antiemetic purpose in systemic chemotherapy; however, the mean dose of dexamethasone used for antiemetic purpose was almost equal (2.2 mg) between group A and group B and it was unlikely that this affected our current results.

******* The Olympian ethics of losing on purpose are almost as difficult to parse as the government's stance on which kinds of tax evasion are best: crashing bike intentionally OK; deliberately serving into the badminton net, not OK.

The performance measures specialized for this purpose are almost the same as ones formulated in [ 5].

The use of different measure and weight systems depending on the purpose was an almost universal phenomenon in Europe between the decline of the Roman Empire and metrication.

He delivered a party political broadcast in the Commons on behalf of the Tory party in which macroeconomic analysis of the state of the economy, the real purpose of budget statements, was almost totally absent.

"I assume that the main purpose of the attack was almost certainly not to take and hold Kobane, but to throw the Kurds off balance and force them to divert forces to protect Kobane and other rear areas, so as to ease the threat they pose to Isis's 'capital' in Raqqa," said Yezid Sayegh, an expert at the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut.

Leicester are not supposed to be in the Champions League bracket – the glitzy edifice at the top of modern football was almost purpose-built to keep them out – and one does not have to look very far into English folklore to find an affection for the plucky underdog who coolly outwits his alleged superiors.

If you're wondering how she knew that, allow me to introduce you to a service known as Twitter, which was almost purpose-built for an event such as this: registering small changes of circumstance, spun out over a period of time, for people with a passing interest.

As a result, the serious purpose of the A.S.A.P.S. meeting was almost entirely missed, as was the fact that most surgeons spent up to 12 hours a day throughout their week in Las Vegas viewing scientific presentations and attending teaching courses in advanced cosmetic surgical techniques to enhance patient care.