By the overarching purpose they meant to accomplish.

The Cabinet Office has an overarching purpose of making government work better and more efficiently.

The overarching purpose is to assist the government to improve its ability to begin reconstruction and economic development in the area.

The overarching purpose of a balanced-budget agreement is, presumably, to balance the budget.

More telling, perhaps, was the turnout at the four fund-raising events that were the overarching purpose of his trip.

I believe that the duties have a significant role in making government work better - the overarching purpose of this Department.

The bill says at one point that restoration is its "overarching purpose."

"It provides them with everything from occupation, pseudo-medical treatments, entertainment and a justice system to an overarching purpose for their lives."

"The overarching purpose is to stimulate public discussion of the medical profession in society," Professor King said.

In order to achieve this overarching purpose, the federal council stated the three main goals of its fiscal policy: