The impact of the scarecrow extends beyond its immediate utilitarian function.

With pop, the voice becomes material, in itself, with a voluptuous quality above and beyond its expressive function.

For almost a century, motorists have selected personal transportation in the belief that what they drove held meaning beyond its function.

Beyond its psychological function, there are sound physical and historical reasons for storing wines in cellars.

The design of a black ceramic vessel from Cameroon goes far beyond its function as a sauce bowl.

Like so much technology before it, then, the cellphone has morphed far beyond its original function.

RealPlayer, beyond its function as a media player, also contains additional features, including:

It has gone beyond its religious function as a place of worship to even offer a homeopathy welfare clinic.

Becoming individuals themselves, the Breeds had developed beyond their original function.

"Though such thinking goes a little beyond our function."