Sentence examples similar to this earlier functioned as from inspiring English sources

Popularly referred to as Salone, the fair started in 1961, and in its early days functioned as a showcase of Italian design for commercial clients and retailers.

The early issues also functioned as an alumni directory making them a valuable source of biographical information about early 20th century North American nurses.

Early medieval monarchs functioned as rulers of their people (rather than as territorial lords), and each was responsible for their people's protection.

Its original Spanish name, Bahía de Manteca ("Butter Bay"), probably recalls its early function as a lard ("hog's butter") centre.

Finally, Oct4's early function as a pluripotency maintaining transcription factor really acts as a gatekeeper, preventing differentiation along the trophoblast lineage [6] [8].

In Early Christian basilicas it functioned as a stage for the seating of clergy, first in the chancel and later in the apse.

Early studies suggested it functioned as a potent antioxidant.

The hypothesis that RNA- and/or peptides bound to metal ions could have functioned as early enzymes is attractive in many ways.

This essay argues that in the early nineteenth century, the heavens functioned as a non-linguistic medium of communication.

Findings indicated that the program functioned as an early educational intervention for those children who had moderate exposure to it.

As noted above these early forms may not have functioned as catalysts, but might have had roles in metallocluster biosynthesis.