Sentence examples for it functions first from inspiring English sources

"It functions first and foremost as sculpture.

Specifically, it functions as the first line of host defense against pathogen invasion to provide a physical barrier and protect underlying tissues and organs (Cole 2006).

Even in vertebrates, where it functions as a first line of defence, it is indispensable for normal life.

Calmodulin is important as a signaling protein as well as a cellular regulator where it functions as a second messenger, as a regulator of calcium-dependent enzymes, and many other cellular functions.

It serves several functions; first it provides white people with "perks" that we do not earn and that people of color do not enjoy.

More work is needed to tease out the dynamics of RelA and PU.1 involvement in the binding of IRF5, but it is highly likely that PU.1 binds first because it functions as a pioneering factor in macrophages (Garber et al., 2012; Ghisletti et al., 2010; Heinz et al., 2010), followed by the binding of RelA at inflammatory gene loci and subsequently docking of IRF5.

ra1 encodes a Cys2-His2 zinc-finger transcription factor belonging to the plant-specific EPF subclass and it functions to impose determinacy on second-order meristems.

It functioned successfully at first, but had to be removed because of an infection.

But Spears' Instagram account served to veil the operation because it functioned as a third-party relay system.

A mathematical model has three important functions: first, it helps to better understand the biological phenomenon studied; secondly, it enables experiments to be specifically designed to make predictions of certain characteristics of the biological system that can then be experimentally verified; and finally, it summarizes the current body of knowledge in a format that can be easily communicated.

The human body can and will defend its most vital functions first before defending its more superficial functions.