Sentence examples for serves a similar function from inspiring English sources

In "Evita" the revolutionary Che Guevara (Mr. Martin) serves a similar function concerning Mrs. Peron (Ms. Roger), contemplating the adulation she inspires with both contempt and wonder.

Evolutionary biologists point out that sibling rivalry among Homo sapiens serves a similar function, as an adaptive response to limited resources.

The charismatic, gruffly appealing Mr. Coyle, with his pouchy eyes and snaky moves, serves a similar function in "Pusher" or so it initially seems, and he effortlessly brings you into the story and right alongside him.

An empty fishbowl, which sits on a dining room credenza, serves a similar function for Jaime David, a publicist at the Starworks Group in New York, except there are consequences for violators.

This serves a similar function: it'll be a bar/cafe during the day, and in the evening you'll be able to watch films and performances on city themes, while traffic rumbles overhead, the Olympic building site bustles nearby and barges chug past on the canal.

This jubilee year serves a similar function (the festivities take place in London on the first weekend of June, with a pageant of a thousand boats on the Thames), but so far the celebratory mood has received a couple of jolts.

"The Arcades Project," itself a ruin, has served a similar function for writers today.

Local blogs in English can serve a similar function as English-language newspapers.

The set closer served a similar function: it was a cover of "Little Susie," from the 1995 Michael Jackson album, "HIStory".

The government created Fannie Mae during the 1930s to help bolster an ailing housing market, and Freddie Mac was chartered in 1970 to serve a similar function.

The Hitch and an older hotel, the Plains, which served a similar function in the early 1900s, were a bridge that does not exist now.