Sentence examples for functions largely as from inspiring English sources
Rick Rubin owns the building, which functions largely as a studio and a residence for whoever is recording there.
The original apartment now functions largely as the couple's sitting room and bedroom — "our boudoir," as Dr. Valentino describes it.
"Perséphone," which is not exactly an opera, has only one singer, the priest Eumpolpe, who functions largely as a narrator.
At Viacom, the Internet functions largely as a brand extension -- a vehicle to enhance the company's existing properties, from Paramount Pictures and MTV to CBS and Blockbuster.
It now functions largely as a substitute for Jews who are disenchanted by more traditional forms of Judaism, but who want to transmit a Jewish heritage to their children.
"He's a member of the completely ineffectual U.S. bishops' sex abuse panel, which functions largely as window dressing for a public-relations campaign masquerading as reform," the organization said in a statement.
The same committee that functioned largely as a charade for Mrs. Kennedy still operates today, to the White House's detriment.
They functioned largely as uplifting social events, as have Earth Day demonstrations, which have become little more than concerts on the Mall.
Such has been the strength of the German economy that Western Europe has come to function largely as a Deutsche-mark zone.
In the 1950s, when it functioned largely as Britain's larder, New Zealand was the world's third-richest country.
