But it fails in its purpose, which is to completely eliminate this major undertaking.

But if so, bishop Guy's poem failed in its purpose.

And yet, despite all of my plans, I failed in my purpose.

And the ship, like the projectile, would land if the men who knew of her failed in their purpose.

But looking round, he saw that the day began to break, and failing in his purpose, turned and fled.

If these proposals failed in their purpose, it was not that efforts were not made to deal with the problems.

But they will ultimately fail in the marketplace and in their purpose.

Traditional development aid can probably be considered to have largely failed in its purpose.

Traditional development aid has largely failed in its purpose.

Instantaneous though the occurrence was, it failed in its immediate purpose.