1.   But a California appeals court found that the club had different purposes than its stated objectives and upheld the school regulations.

2.   He harbored strong opinions and could be brash in expressing them, but avoided political engagement that had no purpose.

3.   I am subject to the second law of thermodynamics, but that in no way stops me having worthwhile purposes.

4.   If he had some sinister purpose, then why would he offer me a chance to escape?

5.   My football career was over and I had no purpose in life.

6.   One May doubt whether modern farming has any useful purpose nowadays when everybody is on a diet.

7.   The rules of the road, for example, have a purpose since they are designed to prevent collisions.

8.   Therefore, ostentation continues to have a purpose.

9.   They have to be tendentious and have real purpose.