Sentence examples for was intended to function from inspiring English sources

Paid for mostly by a gift from the Chinese-born American businessman Oscar Tang, whose daughter and wife Frances both graduated from Skidmore, the $10.2 million museum was intended to function as an interdisciplinary facility.

It was implemented in April 2016 and was intended to function for 30 months, with, among its tasks, the goal of organizing elections 60 days prior to the end of the transitional period.

Part 4, which Bacon called The Ladder of Intellect or Scala Intellectus, was intended to function as a link between the method of natural history and that of Second Philosophy/Active Science.

To the north of the Shishinden stood the, a similarly constructed hall of somewhat smaller size that was intended to function as the emperor's living quarters.

It was intended to function as a specialised artillery tower, housing gunpowder weaponry capable of suppressing attackers on the far side of the river.

No longer acting as a pure villain, Kain was intended to function as a "steadfast character", coming to the story from a position of knowledge in contrast to Raziel's relative ignorance.

In fact, each form is specific in spiritual meaning and is intended to function as a focus of contemplative attention.

Jabberjays were intended to function as biological recording machines that no one would suspect.

Freenet, which Mr. Clarke conceived while he was an undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh, is intended to function without any centralized control point.

Such a plan, developed outside county processes, is in keeping with Patriot tactics of establishing bodies which are intended to function as shadow governments pushing their own agenda.

Special economic zones are intended to function as zones of rapid economic growth by using tax and business incentives to attract foreign investment and technology.