The phrase "a functioning system of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a system that operates effectively or serves a specific purpose within a larger context.
Example: "The organization relies on a functioning system of communication to ensure that all team members are informed and engaged."
Alternatives: "an operational framework of" or "an effective structure of".
After him, there existed a functioning system of government.
It is the only big country in the ex-communist world that has a functioning system of law-governed political freedom ('democracy' in shorthand).
The best antidote to illegal immigration is a functioning system of legal immigration….Obama has promised to once again act unilaterally if Congress fails to take up immigration reform.
This approach has the advantage that the tissue has a functioning system of blood vessels to deliver nutrients, so it should be possible to grow tissue cultures more than a millimetre thick the current limit.Henk Haagsman, a meat scientist at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, is trying to make minced pork from cultured stem cells with the backing of Stegeman, a sausage company.
The broader aim of this project was to improve the primary health care services at the basic health units through better supervision of the staff and a functioning system of monitoring and regulation.
The finding of a preserved spatial acuity in the participant with complete Aβ-fiber loss demonstrates that spatial acuity for pain does not rely on a functioning system of tactile primary afferents.
First off, apologies to all for the lack of a newsletter yesterday, due to the lack of a functioning system on which to publish the newsletter.
In a properly functioning system of representative government, with divided powers and an independent judiciary, judges are obligated to avoid legislating from the bench and the legislature should exercise great restraint in intervening in judicial proceedings.
To use more than a stylus or a thin thumb keyboard, a user must stitch together a fully functioning system out of parts that all speak the current lingua franca, Bluetooth.
Eight hospitals had a well functioning rotavirus surveillance system, but only 50% of the selected hospitals, had a well functioning system for surveillance of bacterial meningitis.
"He has a difficult job," Mr. Axelrod said, "because he has to explain to the American people, who are furious, why we need to maintain a strong functioning system of credit so that people can get loans, and businesses can get loans.
