answer the purpose
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A dictatorship must answer the purpose for which it was introduced.
From Time Magazine Archive
A cable railway would answer the purpose to perfection, and the cost of running the steam motor would be insignificant, owing to the amount of wood and coal found within easy reach.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage
"I have a good sized paper box which will answer the purpose, I think," said Mary Keith.
From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Finley, Martha
II., will just as317 well answer the purpose of exemplifying the Venetian love of gloom and wildness, united with perfect definition of detail.
From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John
A few frigates would answer the purpose, as the stations of the enemy's ships are almost always known on this coast, and, indeed, they seldom have any out but frigates cruising singly.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various
