The survey also found that 13 per cent of adults see humans as 'purely material beings with no spiritual element'.

The verdict: it's by far the most luxurious we've reviewed and, in purely material terms, it's outstanding value.

Of course, the report really worth conducting would be into the cost to the lifetime supporter in emotional terms, rather than in purely material ones.

They believed that all economic concerns, being purely material, were unworthy of their consideration.

Most people, whether they articulate it or not, view the world given to them in sight and touch as material, while they consider themselves to transcend that purely material status.