"The principal purpose of this court is to get the message across," he said.

"My principal purpose was to learn from the success stories that are emerging in this community."

"Some people may join the association for the principal purpose of getting health insurance."

These services are exempt if their principal purpose is to improve both the physical and psychological health of the individual.

The judge has said that a principal purpose of the case is to send a message to the public about justice and fairness.

Such people believed that the principal purpose of government was not to protect gains already made, but to facilitate further growth in the economy.

These were associations whose principal purpose was to encourage those who had finished school, particularly members of the working class, to continue their education.

The principal purpose of the census is to divide the house seats by population.

Its principal purpose is obviously to reduce the cost of welfare to the Federal and state governments.

For Beijing, the principal purpose of trade is to build up its police and military power.