Sentence examples for prime functions from inspiring English sources

The chief constituents and prime functions of each system are summarized below.

Robert Moses said that he had always thought that exhibition & education are the prime functions of institutions like the Garden, & that research should be financed privately, but he was persuaded by Mrs. Harold I. Pratt that this was an exception.

Once assumed to be nothing more than a marvellous recording device, the camera was used to deceive very early on, and these days deception seems to be one of its prime functions.

This control system permits the prime functions of living organisms growth, development, and reproduction to proceed in an orderly, stable fashion; it is exquisitely self-regulating, so that any disruption of the normal internal environment by internal or external events is resisted by powerful countermeasures.

And so was nurtured an abiding faith among the local population that one of the prime functions of a city government is targeted economic development.

Their prime functions, to control urban sprawl and preserve an encircling green girdle to separate the urban from the open countryside, have created 'edgelands' that have been remarkably dynamic despite relatively strong controls on certain types of development.

Chabon's theory is that the prime function of writing should be to entertain the reader.

"While it has the facilities to accommodate exhibitions and other non-essential activities, this is not its prime function".

A new management organisation should be established, with the delivery of public benefit as its prime function.

National security is a prime function of the State, and in this day and age it takes many forms.

Indeed, I'd argue that a prime function of officials is to relieve players of the burden of honor.