Sentence examples for chief functions from inspiring English sources

The intelligence chief functions as a kind of Syrian pro-consul in Lebanon.

Their two chief functions are to achieve sea control and sea denial.

One of the chief functions of top executives is to discover new opportunities for those capabilities.

One of the chief functions of the new government will probably be negotiating the terms of union with West Germany.

Unlike independent publicly owned media in democratic states, authoritarian state media's chief functions are to block and attack.

The unions' chief functions are to facilitate overly generous payments to un-fireable incompetents and nepotism cases who do little work and endanger their charges' lives.

But their chief function to the cause is outside of policy.

Its chief function, though, is as a "big window into the building," said the designer, Edwin Schlossberg.

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

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

The nail's chief function is to protect the terminal portions of the toes and fingers.