express purpose

collocation in English

meaningsofexpressandpurpose

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express
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪkˈspres/us
/ɪkˈspres/
moving or being ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofexpressandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpress purpose

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On the rivers, fishing rights certainly became more valuable and houses were built for theexpresspurposeof selling or letting to fly-fishermen.
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To prepare dramatic and other works with theexpresspurposeof rediscovering and asserting the popular tradition.
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However, starting in such a state might be inconvenient, and in this case, a warm-up period can be used for theexpresspurposeto reach a high probability state.
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Building loans and even grants, except for theexpresspurposeof levelling costs as between this and other countries, should be unnecessary.
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Companies are not usually formed for theexpresspurposeof winding them up.
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It is theexpresspurposefor which we did it.
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We should not have a company set up for theexpresspurposeof ensuring that the publicly-owned refrigeration plant shall be redundant.
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The funding made available to local authorities will be ring-fenced and will be used only for theexpresspurposeof reducing class size.
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Does it mean that a farm labourer is employed partly for agricultural purposes, and partly for theexpresspurposeof drinking beer?
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I am not aware of any recent applications for statutory powers for port developments for theexpresspurposeof importing coal.
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In others, farms were bought for theexpresspurposeof creating deer forests.
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This clause was drafted for theexpresspurposeof increasing safety in harbour.
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Many local authorities have already taken that step for theexpresspurposeof considering unemployment and kindred problems.
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I say there is power for theexpresspurposeof dealing with all these difficulties.
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The majority of the fire research station's work is directly commissioned for theexpresspurposeof assisting in the preparation of building regulations.
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Films are made primarily with theexpresspurposeof being exhibited in public in cinemas.
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I am not prepared to adopt the policy of enlisting men in military units for theexpresspurposeof being employed on civilian work.
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Incredible as it seems to us, more public money is to be granted for theexpresspurposeof rehabilitating and perpetuating these very schools.
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It is compulsory service for theexpresspurposeof enabling us to extract from the enemy all that is coming to us.
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I was taken away at the age of eight and came back in my mid-20s with theexpresspurposeof becoming politically active.
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