Sentence examples for have a practical function from inspiring English sources

Cattle horn is something that grows but it doesn't have a practical function for the animal any more; it's an excess of energy, a plus that we can utilise.

By contrast, constructivists think that normative concepts, which are deployed in judgments that can be true or false, have a practical function: they name solutions to practical problems, rather than represent features of reality (Korsgaard 2008, 302 ff).

It once had a practical function as a message to shipping.

Beyond such philosophical propositions, and beyond the aesthetic interest, the tourbillon's eccentric placement has a practical function.

In this way, he says, art is not isolated but has a practical function in the community.

The notebooks had a practical function, as records of images published or available for sale.

The shorts also had a practical function: for anybody who ever felt sorry for players having to wear pants in the summer, especially in the AstroTurf era, when television cameras routinely picked up waves of heat rising off the plastic, shorts were a refreshing look, even if the Chisox must have picked up a fair share of raspberries.

And most objects have a practical use.

The brain's "shut-down" function has a practical survival function: It means that when we are in danger our brain kicks into alarm mode which can save our life.

For endometrial spectroscopy to have a practical application, it must be simple and function without the need for a particle accelerator.

We have a practical idealism.