principal purpose

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Slightly shorter, they might have been less of a distraction from the book'sprincipalpurpose.
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However, theprincipalpurposeof keeping sheep and goats was to generate cash income.
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Theprincipalpurposeof this undertaking is to evaluate the equilibrium asset prices and portfolio choices that obtain under these assumptions.
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Theirprincipalpurpose, however, was all too often the opportunistic one of state enrichment.
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Theprincipalpurposebehind the use of participatory approaches in agricultural research has implications for the assessment of research impacts and when this assessment should take place.
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There, as my noble friend has pointed out, the words "principalpurpose" have been stated.
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It is a question of assessing, in all the circumstances, what is theprincipalpurposethat the company has in mind.
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I make that point as myprincipalpurpose.
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Subsection (2)(a): that the company's purpose orprincipalpurposeis not to give financial assistance for the acquisition of shares.
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Whether it is lawful or not depends on what is itsprincipalpurposeand whether it is likely to achieve that purpose.
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Itsprincipalpurposeis far the control of advertising claims and statements.
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Theprincipalpurposeis to provide accommodation for the staff.
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Theprincipalpurposeof this group of amendments is not in the initial amendment, which would remove the third of the four principles.
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Itsprincipalpurposeis to relieve the police and the courts of a heavy and growing burden.
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Theprincipalpurposeof its existence is to try to give the complainant satisfaction.
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That was not theprincipalpurposeof the directive.
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Hisprincipalpurposeis to bring about an artificial scarcity ill order to raise prices.
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Theprincipalpurposeof this new benefit is to provide financial help to disabled housewives who previously received no help whatever.
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Theprincipalpurposeof those proceedings is to preserve the principle that those who have promised to keep the secrets do so.
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Peacekeeping is an activity, not theprincipalpurpose.
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