Our goal is to function as a regular bank and to finance projects".
If a corrupt society is to function smoothly, each party has to do its part.
The goal is to function as a welcoming destination, something downtown Houston sorely needs.
The new plan cannot be ideologically pristine if it is to function in practice.
The goal of my grandfather's T-Bird, for example, is to function successfully as a form of transportation.
Yet if the European Union is to function, Sarkozy and Merkel have to get along.
The reformers, Ravitch believes, are mistakenly imposing a free-market ethos of competition on an institution that, if it is to function well, requires coöperation, sharing, and mentoring.
And yet if our democracy is to function as something more than a shell, it needs to be stitched back into citizens' lives.
Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, says the law is crucial if his US-style national security council, approved this week, is to function properly.
"Bright Shiny Morning" is about Los Angeles, a city whose peculiar role in modern American literature is to function not just as a setting but a character.
If the UK is to function as a devolved democracy, it needs stronger local news, regional news and news services for the nations".
