Sentence examples for formal function from inspiring English sources

Clenched in unspeakably crude formation, those hairy bodies inspire enormous laughs, but they also serve an elegant formal function.

The very fact that today's event, though officially dubbed the autumn statement, is occurring once again – like seven of the last 11 – in December, which is not in autumn at all, is a sign that the statement's formal function has become fuzzy.

Ultimately, Leibniz offers a theory of intrasubstantial causation that incorporates efficient, final, and formal causes, where only substances or better yet, their powers can be efficient causes and perceptions (probably) have a teleological as well as a formal function.

Other changes Twitter made in reaction to the user behavior are even more remarkable: Both retweets and hashtags were first initiated by users without having a formal function to use it; this was a matter of self-initiative in order to spread information or add context to a message.

I don't love suits as some do but I found the comment odd coming from someone who I kid you not, was wearing some kind of hybrid safari-bassfishing chic getup at a formal function.

The rituals observed at formal functions are deeply bound up with tradition.

I have met him at formal functions as you might expect.

In the administration's first months, Mr. Tillerson often decided against attending formal functions at the White House and sent Mr. Shannon to serve in his place.

As in all of China, real power in Beijing is held by the local CCP, but local government institutions perform various formal functions.

"I have met the Chancellor at formal functions as you might expect of someone who has been in the business world.

A kind of lady-in-waiting, a Woman of the Bedchamber attends to a queen's personal tasks, answers the majority of her correspondence and attends less formal functions with her.