Sentence examples of "present purpose" in English
The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure.
La canne sert à annoncer le fait que les mains de celui qui la tient sont employées à autre chose qu'à un effort utile, et elle est donc utile comme preuve d'oisiveté.
The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
Le but du propagandiste est de faire oublier à un ensemble de personnes que certains autres ensembles de personnes sont humaines.
No matter what your main purpose is in reading, books should never fail to provide contentment and satisfaction.
Qu'importe votre objectif principal lors de la lecture, les livres ne manquent jamais de procurer contentement et satisfaction.
At present I'm working for a big company in Brazil.
En ce moment, je travaille pour une grosse compagnie au Brésil.
She made efforts to accomplish the purpose.
Elle a fait de gros efforts pour atteindre son objectif.
Waiting for too long for a late guest is a lack of consideration towards those guests who are present.
Attendre trop longtemps un convive retardataire est un manque d'égards pour tous ceux qui sont présents.
He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.
Il a acheté le terrain avec une belle vue pour y construire sa maison.
People will gradually lose sight of the original purpose.
Petit à petit les gens perdront de vue l'objectif premier.
She gave me an album as a birthday present.
Elle m'a offert un album en tant que cadeau d'anniversaire.
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