Reading "is the most complex of human functions," she claimed last week.

Our television studies suggest you also find some human functions distasteful.

He said: "We are the guardians of a great human function.

And it is the most complex of human functions.

He was still trying to sort out his new human functions.

But they might also have another and more human function.

Getting a good night's sleep - a perfectly natural human function - has become quite complicated.

While some can talk and move around independently, others cannot carry out the most basic human functions by themselves.