Sentence examples for functions to begin from inspiring English sources

"The F.E.C. barely functions to begin with," said Meredith McGehee of the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit group.

He apparently started his life by being already intact — by being precociously ready and functioning to begin with — rather than by proceeding classically through the tentative, qualifying stages of development customary to the average very young human being.

Clearly, these patients have grossly abnormal shoulder function to begin with, and the use of reverse geometry implants will not restore normal shoulder function.

How many of us have even questioned terms we take for granted, like "sanitary" pads and feminine "hygiene"... words that imply it's an inherently disgusting function to begin with?

Sure enough, the kids who had a multi-functional toy with four fun things gave the teacher a much lower grade than the kids whose toy had only one function to begin with.

Menné also makes replicas of everyday objects that subsequently lose their function when placed in a sterile gallery space, not dissimilar to Czech artist Krištof Kintera who makes domestic objects such as toasters that are broken or have no function to begin with. .

Nevertheless, level 1 tasks, because they at least point to a possible connection between the disciplines, could function to begin to help students develop an appreciation or at least open-mindedness about cross-disciplinary relevance.

Global Name Registry expects the initial.name addresses to begin functioning on Dec. 13.

Sixty ratifications of the pact are needed for the court to begin functioning.

Nineteen countries have also ratified the treaty, of the 60 ratifications needed for the court to begin functioning.

Removal of the hatch allowed the telescope to begin functioning upon reaching its orbit.