Sentence examples for taking on functions from inspiring English sources

Several county-wide services were co-ordinated through the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities up until April 2011, when the Greater Manchester Combined Authority was established as the strategic county-wide authority for Greater Manchester, taking on functions and responsibilities for economic development, regeneration and transport.

The introduction and multiplication of these substitute workers have significantly and most probably permanently changed the face of HRH in South Africa as they increasingly take on functions and roles that are normally the reserve of internationally recognised health professionals.

For example, Labour has a policy of introducing a network of "director of school standards" to take on functions exercised by the Department for Education's local panjandrums and by local councils.

That's how Susan Wiley at Southwest Counseling Solutions in Detroit took on functions of a probation officer for young people like Debbie.

Later this year, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) replaces both, as well as taking on the functions of the Mental Health Act Commission, which has a budget of £5m a year and all of whose non-executive directors get a total of £90,000.

As a result of this, rural areas have been taking on various urban functions, especially residential ones.

Sasaki envisions the Olympic site as becoming a large park, with each of the major buildings taking on a public function.

Gene copies resulting from polyploidization often take on distinct functions or lose function [ 50].

In the adult central nervous system (CNS), these new neurons are integrated into the mature neuronal circuitry and take on various functions, thereby contributing to the structural and functional plasticity of the system [ 38, 39].

His research concentrates on the ways in which neurons take on specialised functions to enable signalling in the brain.

As cellphones take on the functions of personal computers, Mr. Lew said, the need increases to quickly enter and search for information on them.