Sentence examples for performed a similar function from inspiring English sources

Later in the century John Collins, librarian of London's Royal Society, performed a similar function among British mathematicians.

It performed a similar function in 2000 for the Forest Service, which also manages large swathes of federal land, and found no serious problems.

Later, loyalty to the nation-state performed a similar function, and international Communism managed to direct class rage into utopian projects.

He performed a similar function for Reagan in 1980, and played leading roles in the 1988 and 1996 conventions, for George Bush and Bob Dole.

He said he performed a similar function shortly afterwards for another new Covenant House center in Fort Lauderdale for about the same fee.

My C.I.A. colleagues and I shared the utmost respect for our N.S.A. counterparts, humbled as we were by the knowledge that they performed a similar function, working behind the scenes to steal secrets, but one that even the best among us would never fully comprehend.

> -wrap-foot> Afterelocalizationon, a duplicated gene could perform a similar function, or there could be functional diversification compared with the ancestral function.

To the west, the Saw Mill River Parkway performs a similar function.

The Rosenthal Center performs a similar function for the body.

And surely movies perform a similar function for mass culture.

Some old-school leftists would claim that the Oscars perform a similar function — "bread and circuses".