Sentence examples for were for one purpose from inspiring English sources

But the $2,000 in checks he wrote to the Friends of Giuliani account were for one purpose, he said: keeping Mrs. Clinton out of the United States Senate.

These runs were for one purpose only: building blocks for my next competitive marathon.

"Let me repeat: the $3bn the commonwealth government has committed to this project is for one purpose and for one purpose only – and that is to build the East West Link.

If Israel has a nuclear arsenal, it is for one purpose - and one purpose only.

And unlike Bush and Cheney, Wayne insists that the surveillance will be for one purpose only, time limited.

Of this you can be sure -- whenever Palin reaches out to her minions, it's for one purpose and one purpose only -- promoting Sarah Palin.

"Data that's being collected for one purpose is being used for a very different purpose and that's not the way we operate in our democratic system," she said.

Subjects were asked to judge whether an artifact that was made for one purpose (e.g. making tea) and was currently being used for another purpose (e.g. watering flowers) was a teapot or a watering can.

"These old aircraft were built for one purpose: to take off and land," said Mr. Carlson.

Anyone with an ounce of reason could have seen in 2004 that the Bush administration never had any real interest in pushing the "family values" agenda; Christian conservatives were exploited for one purpose: to re-elect the president.

Most nuclear power reactors were built for one purpose – to produce electricity as safely and economically as possible.