Sentence examples for function and purpose from inspiring English sources

What is its function and purpose?

What bothers me is a question of function and purpose.

The problem is that form (kata) dominates function and purpose (jitsu) in every nook and cranny of Japanese life.

"It's about being noticed and visible and having function and purpose.

Educators could begin to level the playing field between advertisers and children, by making children aware of the function and purpose of advertising.

This is similar in function and purpose to the distinction between HREF and NAME attributes in HTML anchor tags.

Mr. Dash's resignation as Kenneth W. Starr's ethics adviser (front page, Nov. 21) suggests that this was the culmination of considerable disagreement over a reasonable interpretation of the law as well as of an understanding of the function and purposes of the independent counsel.

"The function and purposed of the fund is essential to continued reinvention efforts, saving taxpayer dollars, and helping ensure responsive, accessible government," Wurfel said.

Second, smart institutions are forward-looking in their operation rather than deriving from their past functions and purpose in contrast to most generic institutions.

It is a story about people, whose behavior cannot be so easily predicted, whose defects cannot be so easily repaired and whose functions and purposes in the universe have yet to be determined.

The functions and purposes of advertising are multivalent, and their importance and effectiveness are circumstantially evident, particularly for non-essential goods and services.