Although its foremost function is hosting the annual convocation ceremonies, the building serves as a venue for academic and social events throughout the year.
He's a pragmatist too, though, adding, "Maybe we ain't yet addressed the issue first and foremost: function".
The foremost function of ethical review is to ensure the safety of participants in research as much as possible.
This selection is the first and foremost function of male sex drive, which is why Ehrenfels speaks of "virile selection" (Ehrenfels 1907, 79, compare Dickinson 2002, 258).
Only the street-level concrete signs reveal the region's foremost function; the peaceful, tree-lined roads winding through rolling hills are more in keeping with the scenery of a nature reserve than that of a hotbed of scientific research.
The foremost function of the corporate university, aside from generating new knowledge within the triplex network, then also encompasses the integration of knowledge in the business sector where there is a knowledge overflow.
The foremost function of these secreted factors is to recruit AM and boost their microbicidal activity.
However, PfEMP1 is mainly expressed in the earlier trophozoite stage and its foremost function is to mediate adhesion of the iRBC to the vascular endothelium.
The foremost function of the intervertebral disc is mechanical: it transfers loads, dissipates energy and facilitates joint mobility.
The foremost function of the brain is to assure individual survival and gene propagation for ultimate evolutionary fitness.
The MCD, which is an elected body, performs municipal and discretionary welfare functions, a foremost focus of which has been the elimination of substandard housing (either through destruction or improvement).
