Sentences with phrase «serve worthy purposes»

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Those government acknowledgments of religion serve, in the only ways reasonably possible in our culture, the legitimate secular purposes of solemnizing public occasions, expressing confidence in the future, and encouraging the recognition of what is worthy of appreciation in society.

Surrogate mothers, such as Richards the nurse of Dombey and Son or David Copperfield's eccentric Aunt Betsey, serve a worthy and important purpose, nurturing children into adulthood.

But here any Devil worthy of the name would recognize that such an adolescent charade should not only be permitted but encouraged, as chauvinistic excesses are in wartime, since the cause they can not help but serve is generous enough in scope to bend them to its purpose.

The cinematography does look beautiful, the visuals mostly look great, the direction was well done and the overall concept is cool, but some of the dialogue was cringe - worthy, it gets a little convoluted, and most of the characters don't serve any purpose for the overall story.

Ideally, these lists are not only fun to read but they also serve a utilitarian purpose of reminding interested parties of worthy films that came and went too fast to catch up...

Even if they are only used to grab a quiet lunch break and soak up the joy of being outdoors, they serve an invaluable purpose and are worthy of our attention.

Toys serve many worthy purposes for lots of different jobs.

Four specific types of order — Commencement Orders, Legislative Reform Orders, Remedial Orders and Public Bodies Orders — are worthy of particular mention because of the important purposes that they serve.