to all intents and purposes
US /tə ɔl ɪnˈtɛnts ænd ˈpɝpəsɪz/
・UK /tə ɔ:l inˈtents ənd ˈpə:pəsɪz/
B2
adv. phr.For all practical purposes; effectively.
He is, to all intents and purposes, the new manager of the company.
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Out of the Shadows: Born from Rape | BBC News
- To all intents and purposes, I don't think of myself as having a birth father.
To all intents and purposes, I don't think of myself as having a birth father.
- To all intents and purposes, I don't think of myself as having a birth father.
To all intents and purposes, I don't think of myself as having a birth father.
Who Owns London's (Privately Owned) Public Spaces?
- To all intents and purposes, anybody coming here isn't going to be stopped but it still does remain privately owned.
To all intents and purposes, anybody coming here isn't going to be stopped but it still does remain privately owned.
Part 1 - A Room with a View Audiobook by E. M. Forster (Chs 01-07)
- "How?" she retorted. "To all intents and purposes he murdered
"How?" she retorted. "To all intents and purposes he murdered
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again over continued US blockade of ports, state media says | BBC News
- so as a consequence, the strait, to all intents and purposes, will be closed once again.
so as a consequence, the strait, to all intents and purposes, will be closed once again.
- and so as a consequence, the strait, to all intents and purposes, will be closed once again.
and so as a consequence, the strait, to all intents and purposes, will be closed once again.
NASA's Kepler Discovers First Earth-Size Planet In The Habitable Zone of Another Star
- One of the big steps is to say, is there somewhere that looks, to all intents and purposes, like Earth?
One of the big steps is to say, is there somewhere that looks, to all intents and purposes, like Earth?
LIVE: Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro due in court | BBC News
- So when he says, "I am still the president of my country," as he told the court in Manhattan just a few minutes ago, to all intents and purposes, he is.
So when he says, "I am still the president of my country," as he told the court in Manhattan just a few minutes ago, to all intents and purposes, he is.
- Uh, so to all intents and purposes, in their eyes, he remains the president of Venezuela.
Uh, so to all intents and purposes, in their eyes, he remains the president of Venezuela.