Sentence examples for functioned as a means from inspiring English sources

In these allegations the act was apparently performed with the pig's head resting on a colleague's lap, and functioned as a means of entry into the notorious Piers Gaveston society, supposedly posher than Bullingdon (although friends deny Cameron was ever a member of the Piers Gaveston society).

In addition to stabilising the body while swimming, a quick flick of the tail fan can rapidly propel the animal backwards, which may have functioned as a means of escaping predators like in modern shrimp.

Nearly two decades have elapsed since the Grammys first started handing out awards for what they deem to be "dance" recordings, and aside from a few paeans to the underground a Frankie Knuckles win here, a trophy for Aphex Twin there these newly instituted categories have mostly functioned as a means of giving additional awards away to pop stars who were already winning in other categories.

3. Re-establishing agency Some patients explained that their WTD functioned as a means to win back some space for agency at a time when their personal agency seemed to be under threat.

So I've learned that no matter how excited I am by a particular setting or idea or image, unless it functions as a means to get at truth, to be honest about something that feels emotionally true to me, some genuinely mysterious and interesting aspect of our natures, then the story ultimately will never take off, or take on dimensions.

Livestock is therefore a fundamental form of pastoral capital, besides functioning as a means of production, storage, transport and transfer of food and wealth (Behnke 2008).

So far there is no case law based on this norm, but it is supposed to function as a means to deter students from contract cheating.

Many of these systems can improve safety but may also function as a means to make driving easier or more comfortable.

TIR SHG compliments measurements of the electrolyte surface excess and can function as a means of measuring the relative concentration of electrolytic species responsible for the potential drop across the electrochemical double layer.

We can't really tell how much weight to put on this or that prized quality until we see it instantiated in combination with the other qualities in the set of alternatives, and consider further how the suit with its qualities will function as a means in the future.

[sally4] 3. What first strikes the appraisal analyst here is the way in which the attitudinal density (Don 2007: 177) of the excerpt (in which attitudes are nominalised/presumed rather than argued) functions as a means to deploy these as targets of the attitude at the clause rank.