Example sentences of "[is] the purpose of this " in BNC.

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1 Neither of these problems seems insurmountable , and it is the purpose of this book to explain the history of the developing relationship between Marxism and anthropology , in a way which the non-specialist should find accessible , as well as to contribute something to ongoing debates .
2 It is the purpose of this article to offer a preliminary analysis of the events which led to Mrs Thatcher 's decision to resign .
3 Responding to this question — by asking new questions as much as by offering solutions — is the purpose of this book .
4 What is the purpose of this rule ?
5 Therefore it is suggested that for the husband whose outrage forecloses the possibility of a mere divorce proceeding , a clear case exists for having the courts carve out an exception to the three-year rule so as to allow a suit to be brought for nullity through fraud or mistake.56 To the protesting reader who may feel that this spurious reasoning leads us into the realm of nonsense , the only answer is that it is the purpose of this paper to provoke a re-examination of certain fundamental values and ideas .
6 Indeed , it is the purpose of this article to suggest that what was alleged at the outset to be the general principle , that of self-determination , is in fact the exception .
7 It is the purpose of this book to show that there is a possible meaning to the historical word ‘ god ’ , which involves an amalgamation into one central understanding , of all the known facts of evolution with many of the manifestations of unexplained mysteries which also affect human life .
8 It is , therefore , worth taking a little time and trouble to understand how this can be attained and is the purpose of this short article .
9 If these spaces are not to be compared one to another , and no original research has been carried out , what exactly is the purpose of this well-prepared book ?
10 That , in part , is the purpose of this book .
11 It is the purpose of this chapter to suggest answers to these questions .
12 It is the purpose of this paper to explore these questions through a detailed examination of the two units to which we have already been introduced .
13 It is the purpose of this research to investigate how changing the feedback provided by the computer affects the complex learning process .
14 It is the purpose of this research project to investigate the mechanisms of the decision-making process underpinning the migration of households into that part of rural Britain lying immediately beyond the South East Regional Planning Region ( SERPLAN ) , which , according to all recent population censuses and estimates , is a belt of sustained and substantial population growth .
15 That is the purpose of this chapter .
16 ‘ What 's the purpose of this little trip anyway ? ’
17 Now sailing encompasses windsurfing , dinghy sailing and ocean cruising and if you 've got millions of pounds to spend you can enter the Fastnet or the Admiral 's Cup but whatever level or whatever part of sailing you want to take up , the basic techniques are best learnt in a dinghy or sail boat because it 's less expensive and a lot more simple to operate and that 's the purpose of this video to learn the most basic techniques as quickly as possible and to be at one with the wind .
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