Sentence examples for state purposes from inspiring English sources

His brother took the name of Gordon for state purposes & Max followed suit.

A more tangible way was to increase the amount of energy available for state purposes.

Making porcelain is expensive, and production was limited, as before, to serving state purposes: for use at state dinners and as commemorative items and diplomatic gifts.

His skill in imitating handwriting was used for secret state purposes by Elizabeth's principal secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, and helped uncover Anthony Babington's plot to assassinate the queen.

Partly in the interests of the nobility, the extent of land owned by the church was restricted; Peter disposed of ecclesiastical and monastic property and revenues at his own discretion, for state purposes.

They need to file multiple sets of returns — they are single filers for federal purposes, but joint filers for state purposes, which means they need to fill out a dummy federal form, as if they were filing a joint federal return, so they can properly fill out the state return.

In other cities, the buildings that attract memories tend to get built for their own, or some state, purpose.

The commission said that if the governor's travel plans were for a bona fide state purpose, then he need not reimburse the state in connection with personal time.

Killing people for state purposes--and risking the lives of one's own citizens for those same purposes--should be the ultimate public power in a democratic federal republic such as ours.

Soviet television viewers got their first glimpse of the Pope's visit yesterday with a warning that some Church figures there were trying to use his journey for "anti-state purposes".

Directors should be held to account for the delivery of these stated purposes.