Sentences with phrase «certain practical purposes»

They were composed not by historians, with what we like to call scientific detachment, but by Christian preachers and teachers, and for certain practical purposes.

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The broader purpose of Ashcraft's study is to demonstrate by example the virtue of taking political and religious ideology out of the realm of abstract philosophical discussion and considering it «in relation to a socially defined audience whose members seek to obtain certain practical advantages through social action.

For centuries, humans have docked the tails of certain breeds of dogs for both cosmetic and practical purposes.

Of course when the purpose of invoking Chaos is to show something can't be predicted anyway, showing that quantum mechanics makes even chaos uncertain may be considered to be a case of gilding the lily, but it might have practical application in certain circumstances.