| A text purporting to describe a battle may have been composed to glorify the victor or excuse the loser. |
| As with any complex disorder, the therapies purporting to help are legion, and variable in outcome as far as the individual is concerned. |
| The institution of marriage they are purporting to protect is an abstraction. |
| In the programme, former jockey Osborne was approached by people purporting to be considering buying a horse from him. |
| 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. |
