Sentence examples for was not to solve from inspiring English sources

Our goal with this challenge was not to "solve" or "fix" the issue in three days.

The Bulgarian prosecutor general, Boris Velchev, said at a news conference where the report was issued last month that his ambition was not to solve the problem but to bring to justice those responsible for the crimes and to exercise prevention.

Alex Hilton of Generation Rent thinks the gaps numerous and vast: It's not that the report has a lack of ambition, the problem seems to be that the ambition was not to solve the housing crisis but to come up with a set of proposals that neither have a negative impact on house prices nor have any cost implications for the Treasury.

More's motive in promoting this theology was not to solve the so-called "problem of evil" (why God allows so much suffering in the world), as it was later for Leibniz (and Dr Pangloss), but to ensure that God created a world which was (according to More at least) most capable of establishing the Creator's own existence.

Its intent was not to solve general unrest, but to offer a path to meaningful relationships between big businesses and underrepresented demographics.

Philosophy's job is not to solve political problems but to think new thoughts.

It is not to solve a problem, but to see what will happen down the road".

The purpose is not to solve global warming or usurp the government's role in doing so.

Our intent here is not to solve the problem entirely.

"The point is not to solve all your problems — it's to feel better," Foung said.

To put this in functionalist terms: morality is not to solve one problem, but frequently re-occurring problems.