The treaty served German chancellor Leo von Caprivi's aims for a settlement with the British.

Like so many contemporary directors of Shakespeare, Mr. Schechner falls in love with his own conceits, which serve his obscure aims rather than the play's.

We can only hope to get by, unnoticed-and to trick them into serving our aims!

In 2006 the Order of the holy martyr Jānis was instituted to reward those who have served the Orthodox Church and its aims.

Figuratively speaking, we also make the law of value serve our aims.

At one point the devil says: "We are keyed to look for excess of every kind," and "every exaggeration of honest sentiment is there to serve our aims."

Perfecto wrote in dissent: "May the government profit from an illegality, an unconstitutional act, or even a crime to serve its aims, including the loftiest?

Proportional representation would serve their aims as badly as everyone else's.

Repeated uses of this process often caused sickness, which served the WSPU's aims of demonstrating the government's treatment of the prisoners.

The party, of course, is whatever serves Stalin's aims.