Sentence examples for supposed to clarify from inspiring English sources

The small changes were supposed to clarify what companies are and are not allowed to do to win business.

The investigation was supposed to clarify what happened to 3,000 people who died or disappeared in crackdowns on suspected leftists under General Pinochet.

The dozens of Kentucky Derby prep races run since the beginning of the year were supposed to clarify the Derby picture, weeding out the horses that did not belong while establishing a couple of clear favorites.

The filing of the will was supposed to clarify the uncertainty over whether Williams, the legendary Boston Red Sox star, expressly wished to be cremated, as a lawyer for his eldest daughter contends.

Responding to the announcement, which was supposed to clarify the government's position on the growing breast-implant scandal, many women said they were more confused and frightened than ever.

The big three are likely to buy some of the country's smaller regional television networks.The wild card is India's long-promised broadcasting bill, which, if and when it eventually appears, is supposed to clarify the status of foreign broadcasters.

The move was supposed to help clarify succession at the News Corporation, a $14 billion powerhouse with media properties spanning four continents that Mr. Murdoch built on the back of a single Australian newspaper inherited from his father.

The Pennsylvania primary was supposed to help clarify the picture for the 795 Democratic superdelegates, but Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's strong victory there on Tuesday has in many ways complicated matters for them, furthering a stalemate that has deeply divided the party even as top Democrats called this week for them to make up their minds by June.

Mr. Ashcroft gave little ground in supporting the president's authority, and he dodged most of the civil liberties questions raised by Mr. Bush's order, passing the buck to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who is supposed to issue clarifying regulations.

To excuse similar atrocities because they are committed by regimes that are "only" authoritarian is to detach words from the realities they, are supposed to represent and clarify, and to hide human anguish behind a euphemistic phrase -- a practice more suitable for either authoritarianism or totalitarianism than for our democracy.

The account manager is supposed to assist insurers, clarifying their responsibilities and answering questions about the federal Web site, enrollment transactions and other operational matters.