6 sentences with 'purposes'
Example sentences and phrases with the word purposes and other words derived from it.
• « From the end of the Roman Empire in 476 until well into the 18th century, the art of cultivating the body for health and sporting purposes was practically neglected. It was to be almost two centuries before gymnastics became a compulsory subject in almost every school in the world. »
• « In Rome, Pope Gregory II was horrified and excommunicated Leo III. Leo III, in turn, declared that the Pope no longer had any religious authority in the Byzantine Empire, which for all practical purposes meant the regions under Byzantine control in Italy, Sicily and the Balkans. »
• « That crusading ideology was easily adapted to the purposes of conquering vast American territories and forcibly converting the native inhabitants of the Americas to Christianity. »
• « It is also denied that pottery was invented to replace stone vessels for food supplies. The Mureybet vessels are so small that they would not have served these purposes; on the contrary, it is logical to think that they were used to contain perfumes or cosmetics. »