Functions

Examples

• Some weeks of spare time were at my disposal, before I entered on my functions by establishing myself in the suburbs of London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is used by food manufacturers and performs highly important functions in certain commercial fields. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But all men cannot preach or teach; doctrine is but one of many of the functions of life that are fundamentally righteous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You don't want to BE an animal, you want to observe your own animal functions, to get a mental thrill out of them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He seemed to take pleasure in his social functions, he smiled, and was abundant in hospitality. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Driven to think of it as bad, except for certain particular functions, they could, of course, not see its possibilities. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This furnished visible evidence of the relative digestibility of different kinds of foods, and the general functions of the stomach. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Are not these functions proper to the soul, and can they rightly be assigned to any other? Plato. The Republic.
• I did not propose to take him a prisoner, but to leave him free to perform the functions of his office. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• An organ might, also, be retained for one alone of its former functions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Modern Improvements in Seeders and their Operation and Functions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But it was a centre of other functions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the mass of people, vegetative and animal functions dominate. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Curiosity may stop here to ask for some explanation of those functions on my part. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Dislike to employ scientific knowledge as it functions in men's occupations is itself a survival of an aristocratic culture. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Few things, however, so tax the credulity of the uninformed as a description of the functions and possibilities of the spectroscope. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He felt no hesitation in assuming the functions of the executive, or in acting without advising with him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But they have different functions, and it is unjust to damn one because he hasn't the virtues of the other. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The foresight functions in three ways. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• One of its most useful functions is to automatically supply steam boilers with water, and regulate the supply. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Such was her intentness, however, that it seemed as if her ears were performing the functions of seeing as well as hearing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But there is no doubt that besides removing dirt of all kinds, they subserve other functions; and one of these apparently is defence. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The night-mare became torture; with a strong effort I threw off sleep, and recalled reason to her wonted functions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Yet it was less painful to see him thus, than to find him fulfilling the animal functions uninterruptedly, his mind sick the while. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• From the primitive or nutrient soul which ha s to do with the vital functions of growth and reproduction, is developed the sentient soul, concerned with movemen t and sensibility. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In either case the leading man performed most of the functions of the priest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This is technically termed the neutral wire, and in the discharge of its functions lies the solution of the problem of economical distribution. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This mode of association has three functions sufficiently specific, as compared with ordinary associations of life, to be noted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• What he already knows functions and has value in what he learns. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In part, he shares the constitution and functions of plants and animals--nutritive, reproductive, motor or practical. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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