at cross purposes

But they refused to cross the street to help because, they told bystanders, the rules required them instead to call 911.

In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).

I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.

Results are easily and quickly obtained, and are probably accurate enough for all clinical purposes.

The alternate hexameter and pentameter are, for most purposes, a more agreeable measure than the hexameter by itself.

Tressan was monstrous ill-at-ease, and his face lost a good deal of its habitual plethora of colour.