with the purpose that

Example Sentences

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Presently I went on with the purpose that had brought me upstairs; lifting a portfolio to the table and beginning to unpack the work which I had been doing in New York.

From The Thing from the Lake by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)

Then comes the conflict of our lesser man with our greater man, of our wishes with our will, of the desire for things affecting our senses with the purpose that is within our heart.

From Sadhana : the realisation of life by Tagore, Rabindranath

But had she wedded with the purpose that the believing wife should convert the unbelieving, or confirm the doubting, husband, what then had been her reward?

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir

The passing of thirty or more years made of this light-hearted young midshipman a well-known writer, with the purpose that his next book should tell of this unforgettable region of the great lakes.

From James Fenimore Cooper by Phillips, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

What he was saying he was saying very clearly with the purpose that all should hear, and I among the rest benefited by what he said.

From The God of Love by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)