Sentence examples for the plain purpose from inspiring English sources

The plain purpose of the measure simply is to conserve for food the fish found within the waters of the state.

The plain purpose of our bail Amendment was to make it impossible for any agency of Government, even the Congress, to authorize keeping people imprisoned a moment longer than was necessary to assure their attendance to answer whatever legal burden or obligation might thereafter be validly imposed upon them.

The obvious problem with this option, which the Administration has already foresworn, is that the statute's plain purpose is to authorize the minting of commemorative coins.

The SAT's plain purpose, therefore, is not to expose Seinfeld's "nothingness," but to satiate Seinfeld fans' passion for the "nothingness" that Seinfeld has elevated into the realm of protectable creative expression.

In Hans v. Louisiana, supra, however, the Court departed from the plain language, purpose, and history of the Eleventh Amendment, extending to the States immunity from suits premised on the "arising under" jurisdictional grant of Article III.

As for the shapes, which include comfy cardigans, knock-around coats and double-layered shirts with skinny ties, they have a sense of economy: joyful colors married to plain purpose.

Even if you don't see the object of the satire, the purpose is plain.

"The primary purpose and the plain effect of each of the co-borrowing facilities at issue in this action was to use the debtors' assets to give the Rigas family access to billions of dollars that only the debtors would have the wherewithal to repay," according to the suit.

The plain language statement explained the purpose of the study, invited participation, and indicated that responses were confidential and that the data would be analysed and presented anonymously.

49 50 The purpose of the plain packaging legislation was to deprive tobacco companies of an ongoing opportunity to promote their products in the community.

We reject the submission for the defendants that an engineering company knows no more than the plain man about boilers or the purposes to which they are commonly put by different classes of purchasers, including laundries.