Sentences with phrase «several important purposes»

Scratching, for cats is a very natural, instinctual behavior that serves several important purposes.

It served several important purposes.

Not exact matches

You will hear me say this several times this week: The most important question we have to ask when reading the New Testament household codes is this — is their purpose to reinforce the importance of preserving the hierarchy of the typical Greco - Roman household or is their purpose to reinforce the importance of imitating Christ in interpersonal relationships, regardless of cultural familial structures?

The purpose of this essay is to advance the dialogue between black and neoclassical theologies by offering several systematic indicators of important similarities and differences.

About this belief in the resurrection of Jesus more will have to be said later, but for our present purpose it is important to note that the various stories about the «appearances» of the risen Christ to his followers — which differ considerably in the several gospels and perhaps can not be fully harmonized — have one constant feature in common.

They have of course played in the FA Cup during that time, progressing to the quarter - finals with a comfortable 2 - 0 victory at home to Blackpool, but to all intents and purposes David Moyes has the exciting prospect of picking from a squad that should be a lot fresher than that of his opposite number, one that will also be boosted by the return of several important figures, as Everton attempt to extend their unbeaten league run to six matches at Loftus Road.

In his book, Damon suggests several ways that teachers can help their students discover a sense of purpose, such as asking about what's most important to those students and talking about their own sense of purpose as a teacher.

Due to the exploratory purpose and the design of this study, there are several major limitations important to note.

In dogs, carbohydrates serve several purposes but the most important one is energy production.

The primary purpose of the tax would be to provide a stable source of funds for energy - efficiency investments, but it would have several other important effects as well.

Coral reefs are ecosystems that serve several important societal purposes — protecting coastlines, supporting fisheries, and drawing tourism dollars globally.

The final rule retains the NPRM's proposed framework for permitting uses and disclosures of protected health information for research purposes, although we are making several important changes for the final rule.

True to form, Google allows users to add several different screens (we created six), which may defeat the purpose of a quick and convenient glance at important data, but better to have too many than too few.