Sentence examples for functioned by from inspiring English sources

The Republican Party has functioned, by and large, within the constraints of liberal democracy.

It functioned by gently heating a nicotine solution and producing inhalable steam, thereby "replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavoured air".

Yet the Athenian democracy, which functioned by holding the equivalent of a referendum every nine days, was quite as capable of taking disastrous wrong turns as its modern counterparts.

If that is an irony, it is not a contradiction; American progressivism, from the Continental Congress to the college cafeteria, has functioned by embracing awkward combinations of great-sounding ideas and waiting for problems to arise.

In a statement, Mr. Gore said the nation functioned by "the consent of the governed" and relied upon voters' having "full faith and confidence in the electoral process from which the president derives his authority" -- putting Gov. George W. Bush of Texas on notice that his failure to win the popular vote could undermine his presidency.

A comparison of the potentiodynamic plots illustrate clearly that CS functioned by different mechanisms in the two acid media.

But monarchies do not function by logic.

In effect, Congress kept Medicare functioning by expanding the federal budget deficit.

He functions by having an assistant help keep him focused.

The economy functions by making us all feel as though what we have isn't sufficient.

These toxins might function by directly targeting phagocytic cells.