As her stated purpose was 'to make couples look askance at one another', you inevitably wonder what sort of marriage she has.
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The book occasionally meanders from its stated purpose.
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The couple's stated purpose, and the sheer scale of the wealth they are committing to it, speak for themselves.
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Laughable though it sounds now, the stated purpose of reforming housing benefit two years ago was to save the taxpayer money.
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It hardly needed explaining since the air strikes demonstrate the emptiness of their stated purpose.
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