The phrase "a functioning relationship" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a relationship that is operating effectively or successfully, often in contexts such as personal relationships, professional partnerships, or any collaborative interactions.
Example: "In order to achieve our goals, we need to maintain a functioning relationship with our stakeholders."
Alternatives: "an effective relationship" or "a productive relationship."
A hiatus here and there shouldn't threaten a functioning relationship, but an all-out drought is pretty extreme.
"The sense was they had a strong marriage, that this was a functioning relationship, that they had good kids.
And Merkel has been able to overcome her innate distaste for Nicolas Sarkozy (the French president is all she detests in a man, and in a leader: brash, flamboyant, impetuous, brimming with big but random ideas), to build a functioning relationship.
The article concluded with a comment from Jacey Eckhart, the spouse editor for the Web site military.com, who said the fact that the Petraeuses had been married for so long, and survived so many separations, was a source of inspiration to younger military couples: The sense was they had a strong marriage, that this was a functioning relationship, that they had good kids.
Taede also emphasized that clear and concrete agreements between Ph.D. student and promoter are crucial for a functioning relationship.
Clearly, the men have a functioning relationship.
The findings largely support, from the perspectives of forested ecosystems over a large geographic scale, a positive biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship (BEFR).
Can revolutionary Iran live without "Death to America?" Powerful hard-line Iranian factions think not, but I'm with the majority of Iranians who believe their Islamic Republic can coexist with a functioning U.S. relationship.
She concedes that interdependent selves can produce "group policing" that is "intense and ruthless" but insists that "the joy of a functioning interdependent relationship can be tremendous, too".
However, it should be noted that helix 5 becomes extended in opsin compared to rhodopsin [23], indicating a structure-function relationship rather than a sequence-structure relationship.
The results show that TWET has a power function relationship with TSA under different population size scenarios, and a linear function applies between evacuation population and TWET under different TSAs.
