Initially the Palazzo Pitti was used mostly for lodging official guests and for occasional functions of the court, while the Medicis' principal residence remained the Palazzo Vecchio.
A forsythia tree cast a shock of bright yellow against the stone siding of Wave Hill House, an estate house that was once available for occasional use, but now functions as a visitors center.
Except for the occasional civic function — the Chamber of Commerce has used the building for a "haunted house" event in the fall — the armory has remained unused for at least the past decade, Mr. Strome said.
Although Mr. D'Amiano was on the finance committee of Mr. McGreevey's 1997 and 2001 campaigns, the governor's spokesman said they had little contact beyond the occasional ceremonial function or public meeting.
In other countries like Spain and Denmark, they seem to manage to have royal figureheads who pop up occasionally in the gossip magazines, perform occasional ceremonial functions and are generally unobtrusive.
In the evenings, she attends occasional literary functions and sees friends from the old days such as Stephen Spender's widow, Natasha.
Bodnar, Waters, and Brian each helped start student-veteran groups on their campuses that provide benefits counseling, mentoring, tutoring, and occasional social functions.
Moses still owns Canyon City Ghost Town, a collection of frontier-style buildings and Western memorabilia on two acres at the entrance to San Gabriel Canyon, but opens it only for occasional social functions by nonprofit groups.
We conclude that deleting posttransplant immunosuppression is associated with frequent and severe hyperacute GVHD, infectious complications, and occasional poor graft function.
Against the real risk of false alarms, Bamford (nd) suggests that where false alarms are occasional they may function as reminders to potential shoplifters that tags are being used in a store and thereby reinforce their deterrence value (increase risk mechanism).
