fulfil a function

They're playing what needs to be said, rather than fulfilling a function.

The existence of a thing was explained, if it fulfilled a function.

"There's a difference between fulfilling a function and bringing imagination to the job.

If the monarchy is perceived as fulfilling a function, then royalty have a job to do.

Accordingly, it fulfilled a function similar to that of a cabinet in parliamentary government.

It can fulfil a function similar to retention moneys in a building contract.

They also fulfilled a function which Noble hadn't foreseen.

I hear too often that national courts of auditors have a different role, that they cannot fulfil a function within the Community system.

This album fulfils a function.

For Mr. Spear, stadiums are gateways to a city and signature structures fulfilling a function similar to skyscrapers, bridges and churches.

Modern Honorary Consuls fulfil a function that is to a degree similar to that of the Ancient Greek institution.

In spite of the hiring of a new superintendent, the company says it could continue to work with the district, fulfilling a function between the superintendent and the board.

Mace was always a suspicious soul, that had been true for his entire life, and in his line of work, it fulfilled a function that did the community good.

As the title suggests, Berio fulfils a function close to that of a builder completing a house: his contributions fill the gaps like mortar fills the spaces in between the solid structure.

One could become a senator, either by being elected praetor or (in most cases) by fulfilling a function of senatorial rank: from then on, holding of actual power and social status were melded together into a joint imperial hierarchy.

Ms. Jaffrey's story suggests that in contemporary India, they exist as a caste with its own language, practices and complicated social organization, no longer serving the ruling power but fulfilling a function for the sexual other, those who can't fit into conventional society.

Furthermore, as the quartet scraped away virtuously on the right side of the stage, a skinny man who was introduced as Wif sat on a stool on the far left, occasionally rattling a tambourine, fulfilling a function anyone with a sense of rhythm could perform.

In the book, Lorenz describes the development of rituals among aggressive behaviors as beginning with a totally utilitarian action, but then progressing to more and more stylized actions, until finally, the action performed may be entirely symbolic and non-utilitarian, now fulfilling a function of communication.

While you can imagine these BskyB screenings fulfilling a function out in the shires, rather than amid London's cultural blizzard - where the exhibition itself is just down the road - the Hackney Picture House was sold out for the event, the first of its kind.