Imaginative as those devices had been, they had an extremely simple purpose.

For elephants, the structure serves a simple purpose: it helps the hefty animals to stand up.

It was for the one simple purpose of keeping him in the contest.

He laid a hand over hers for the simple purpose of watching her scowl and jerk away.

The Elias Fund began with a simple purpose - help one man raise his children.

Odd as the event was, it had a simple purpose.

Those phone calls had a simple purpose: See which participants were still alive.

In 1946, they joined other parents for the simple purpose of raising funds to purchase medical care for children.

So single-minded in his few simple purposes, he had said.

As with the construction of the walls, the timber used seemed too massive for such a simple purpose.