Sentence examples for a chief function of from inspiring English sources

Until this year a chief function of the association was to serve as a world forum for psychiatrists to meet and exchange research and ideas.

When comparing the number of reactions associated with the different metabolic pathways in sIECs (Fig.  1B), we found that the transport subsystem had the highest number of reactions associated (538; Fig.  1D and E), since a chief function of the enterocyte is the absorption of dietary nutrients from the lumen (apical uptake).

The chief function of a watch, you might assume, is to tell the time, accurately.

And the success of "Rambo" also colors "Over the Top," Mr. Stallone's new saga of a triumphant arm-wrestler, even if the chief function of "Rambo" in this case is to cast a long shadow.

It's a highly entertaining show, but also somewhat retro in its suggestion that the chief function of women is to be bundled into cabinets and bisected, made to disappear or invisibly transported from one side of the stage to the other.

The prevention of oral disease through education and treatment is the chief function of hygienists.

"The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around". — Thomas Edison.

This is the chief function of the union's quinquennial congress.

The chief function of the ancient Arabic poet was to compose satire (hijāʾ) against the tribal enemy.

When you really think about it, the chief function of the FastForward is to reduce the cellular minutes you use up.

The chief function of most systems of exchange control is to prevent or redress an adverse balance of payments by limiting foreign-exchange purchases to an amount not in excess of foreign-exchange receipts.