Sentence examples for for a practical function from inspiring English sources

It isn't clear whether the creations were created as an early form of art, or for a practical function.

The shorts also had a practical function: for anybody who ever felt sorry for players having to wear pants in the summer, especially in the AstroTurf era, when television cameras routinely picked up waves of heat rising off the plastic, shorts were a refreshing look, even if the Chisox must have picked up a fair share of raspberries.

Cattle horn is something that grows but it doesn't have a practical function for the animal any more; it's an excess of energy, a plus that we can utilise.

She added that the irregular floor plates also serve a practical function in that they allow for many stunning terraces.

The notebooks had a practical function, as records of images published or available for sale.

The project serves a practical function.

It once had a practical function as a message to shipping.

Schools fulfill a practical function, to be sure, but shouldn't they be designed to inspire?

This is important for the practical function of faith, since our commitment to morality does not so simply depend on our affirmation of the postulates, but in our free act of faith through which we more completely bind ourselves to morality.

His attire communicates his respect for Chinese culture, he said, but it also has a more practical function.

A similar practical function is served by stories of miracles.