Sentence examples for in its most basic function from inspiring English sources

Tenants rights advocates say the statistics show that the Housing Authority is failing in its most basic function: keeping low-income residents safe.

, I started using the free browser plug-in — which at its most basic function lets you clip and save the words and pictures you want from a Web page, instead of having to bookmark an entire page — to shop for tech products and write stories about said products.

In very specific contexts (i.e., eating disorder recovery), I understand where this stems from -- strip away judgmental labels on food and bring it to its most basic function: nourishment.

"Today's report highlights that the Board is unable to fulfill its most basic function – track and report deficiencies in the operation of federally regulated pipelines.

But the public has shown over the years that it knows whom to blame when Washington cannot perform its most basic function, namely, funding the government.

Even with the faults of parliamentary democracy, its most basic function is to make politicians and those in power more accountable.

That's its most basic function.

I was just wondering if an ant-eater was the only animal named, quite insultingly, after its most basic function.

NOW Mr. Lenseth wonders whether his chapter will be able to continue to perform even its most basic function: training volunteers like Marie Davis, a Korean immigrant who lives in Sleepy Hollow.

The sudden turmoil was yet another sign of Congress's inability to meet deadlines for its most basic function: keeping the government's lights on.

This is a Congress that has failed to meet its most basic function, to fund the government for the next fiscal year.