Sentence examples for to common purpose from inspiring English sources

No one asked for sacrifice; no one spoke to common purpose.

But in a cultural climate that tends to regard tax as a burden rather than a shared commitment to common purpose, it surely doesn't hurt to restate the case once again.

He told me the main problem was how the barriers between different organisations could be broken down to give shape to a common purpose, such as the Great North Run.

With discernment we see not shadows lurking in closets or the stereotypes of what was once believed; rather, we see families committed to the common purpose of love, devotion, and service to the greater community.

It also stated that while the initiative addressed many statutes, including who can inherit or receive benefits, they all related "to the common purpose of restricting the benefits and incidents of marriage to opposite-sex couples".

Rather than continuing to fight each other, E.ON and RWE are as likely in future to seek common purpose in battling the French, both at home and in France itself.

The country's second most famous, the Royal Institution (RI), was more demotic: set up in 1799, it aimed to provide "courses of philosophical lectures and experiments" on "the application of science to the common purpose of life".

Barack Obama has demonstrated his ability to inspire -- to call on Americans to a higher, common purpose - to create political engagement, energy and excitement like no other candidate since Robert Kennedy.

Betty Friedan spoke, calling "all of us -- women, blacks, gays" -- to a common purpose.

The body that took the decision to use common purpose is not the ANC, but the supposedly independent national prosecuting authority.

"You get that feeling from Scie and Nimhe - that we are working to a common purpose, which I think is absolutely essential".