Sentence examples for functional institutions from inspiring English sources

As head of the armed forces since 1959, Raúl Castro has kept the army one of the few functional institutions in Cuba.

The priority should be on achieving stability and economic growth, a return of functional institutions and a strengthening of law and order.

The TNC struggled to restart the Libyan economy, establish functional institutions of government, and exert control over the many autonomous regional and tribal militias that had participated in the rebellion against Qaddafi.

We need common, clear rules, functional institutions, rational and timely decision-making.

As an example, he states that due to India's functional institutions of democracy and its relatively corruption-free society, it will emerge as a desirable, entrepreneurial and resource and energy-efficient superpower in the near future.

The other functional institutions did not receive core financial support from government.

Kiir's army, the only functional institution, is divided between his supporters and those of Vice-President Riek Machar.

"The American university system is a highly functional institution," said Phil Agre, an associate professor of information studies at the University of California at Los Angeles.

They should be demanding that the army — Pakistan's strongest and most functional institution — defend against an insurgency that increasingly threatens the state.

Rather, there is a conflict of identity between "a corporate community of scholars and teachers dedicated to knowledge and scholarship for its own sake" and "a functional institution serving the demands of the state and the economy: training students for particular jobs".

McConnell, who has spearheaded obstruction in the Senate, has been trying to claim he would restore the Senate as a functional institution.