| The institution of marriage they are purporting to protect is an abstraction. |
| The person purporting to exercise his discretion has acted in abuse or excess of his power. |
| Tunisia had promulgated a constitution in 1860, setting up a Supreme Council purporting to limit the powers of the monarchy. |
| I am looking at a statute of a foreign Parliament purporting to intermeddle in our constitutional affairs. |
| A person purporting to be a doctor may carry more credible messages about a new toothpaste than a television presenter, for example. |
| In the programme, former jockey Osborne was approached by people purporting to be considering buying a horse from him. |
