Sentence examples for but is a function from inspiring English sources

I stand to be corrected by more knowledgeable Guardian readers, but as far as I can see the police's power to close roads in the type of situation flamesnm describes doesn't derive from statute but is a function of the police's common law duty to protect life and property.

It is demonstrated that A is not a constant but is a function of the activation energy.

The saturation state of a solid solution (B, C A is not represented by a single value but is a function of both the solid and aqueous phase compositions.

From Table 1 unlike the Rct, the change of the Cdl is not consistent with the increase of the inhibitor concentration, but is a function of the double layer thickness.

In the divine case, the reference is not direct or explicit, but is a function of our recognition that when humans are said to be good, this means that they have a participated goodness which must be caused by that which is goodness itself.

In Fig. 6a, the steady-state phase of neuron A is plotted as a function of P 0. The maps with plasticity (cases i and ii) yield the same steady-state phase of neuron A; this phase is not constant but is a function of the intrinsic period (green and black), in contrast to the static case where the network always has an anti-phase solution (dashed red line).

The conductance increase was not sudden but was a function of time after the addition of the protein to membranes in the black state.

"But longevity is a function of performance".

But this is a function of Catholic immigration from Latin America.

We are disappointed that we didn't reach an agreement in Copenhagen but disappointment is a function of expectation.

"But that is a function of economics, not art.