Sentences with phrase «serves no purpose except»

It tends to serve no purpose except making a bunch of Christians mad at each other, which in turn turns off unbelievers from Christianity.

Religion serves no purpose except to provide a false sense of hope, comfort, and security for the weak and misguided.

Whether they were in a roadside diner, driving down the side of a road, or simply dealing with an annoying reporter, they were on the lookout for victims whose deaths would serve no purpose except to add to an already lengthy murder - tally.

They are all introduced in a «Ladies and Gentlemen, the cast» moment in an early scene set within Guido's massive set that serves no purpose except to show us how many stars are here.

(One loan officer confided to me that she regularly charges an extra $ 600 fee that serves no purpose except to increase her commission — and not one person has ever objected!)

It is a made up revenue stream that serves NO purpose except to increase profits.

Unlike the small junkyard of random armor scraps I dragged around in games like World of Warcraft or, more recently, single - player RPGs like The Witcher 3, Odyssey's souvenirs serve no purpose except to adorn your ship and remind you of where you've been.

«Transferring his petition to the District Court is a confusing exercise that can serve no purpose except to delay the State's execution of its lawful criminal judgment,» argues Scalia.

Leave out the information that does not suit to the job of police support worker as it will not serve any purpose except for distracting the reader's attention and reduce your chances of selection for further rounds.

Not exact matches

For the individual serving as the chief executive officer of the Company at the end of the taxable year and for the individuals serving as officers of the Company or a subsidiary at the end of such year who are among the three highest compensated officers (other than the chief executive officer and chief financial officer) for proxy reporting purposes, Section 162 (m) of the Code limits the amount of compensation otherwise deductible by the Company and its subsidiaries for such year to $ 1,000,000 for each such individual except to the extent that such compensation is «performance - based compensation.»

What purpose did your quotations serve (and, more importantly, you last line) except to try to infer that religion is evil, or causes evil?

No attempt will be made to locate a group precisely within the evangelical or fundamentalist distinctions except to serve a particular purpose,

«The fame of our Jamaican barbecue and brawn is so well established, that it would serve no purpose to reiterate their praises, except to tantalize the reader.

and brawn is so well established, that it would serve no purpose to reiterate their praises, except to tantalize the reader.

It's the person from Porlock of football, a doubtless well - meaning but inconvenient distraction that serves no real purpose except to totally fracture the season that was, back home, just starting to take some shape.

Now that the spacing is regulated to be only 2 3/8 inches apart, bumpers serve no real purpose except an aesthetic one, which isn't worth the danger.

He served hardly any purpose except to stand around looking clueless while his students did things like shaping a crude scene onto the grassy playing field with a lawnmower.

There's something deeply comforting about these scenes, which serve no real purpose except to establish the routine of Eilis» daily life.

Sequencing consequences makes no sense and serves no purpose, except to insult teachers and fail with students.

(I was surprised to find so many contents pages in the front, I will admit, especially in novels, where they generally serve little purpose to a potential reader, except as a tease.

There is absolutely no purpose or function for the iPad mini that the iPad 3 doesn't serve except to allow Apple to provide a similar product to the Google Nexus and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD.

They are similar to the scent glands of a skunk; however, they're smaller and don't serve much purpose anymore — except to gross out cat owners.

The authors concluded that while the bark may serve as an alarm or a warning, many times it seems to serve no communication purpose at all — except perhaps to direct attention to body language that solicits play, challenge, or other social activity as a sort of «yoo - hoo, I'm over here and I'm play - bowing» call.

As such, it serves no useful purpose, except to enable politicians to launch a fight against industrialization or to restrict, if not, prevent the introduction of new technologies by invoking the precautionary principle.

What purpose does that serve, except to potentially invalidate a whole bunch of results because people made simple coding errors?.