Sentence examples for was to function as from inspiring English sources

Her aim, as she explained it, was to function as a handholder and cheerleader, an unofficial go-between who could help break the cycle of isolation, paranoia and suffering created by sanctions.

The zone was to function as an offshore Chinese currency trading centre and also was intended to become a hub for international arbitration that would include a special court for commercial and intellectual-property matters.

This body was prohibited from owning stations or producing programs and was to function as a mechanism through which federal funds were distributed to educational stations and program producers.

The role of these items, known as 'anchors', was to function as fixed points of reference relative to which the difficulty of other items unique to either test could be calculated.

To reduce the influence of the estates, Joachim Frederick in 1604 created a council called Geheimer Rat für die Kurmark ("Privy Council for the Electorate"), which instead of the estates was to function as the supreme advisory council for the elector.

The OSS room that was to function as the operating theatre was set up in the corner of a lecture hall.

Our goal is to function as a regular bank and to finance projects".

The goal is to function as a welcoming destination, something downtown Houston sorely needs.

Under that plan, stripped-down personal computers were to function as terminals for software resources stored on remote computer servers.

And yet if our democracy is to function as something more than a shell, it needs to be stitched back into citizens' lives.

If the UK is to function as a devolved democracy, it needs stronger local news, regional news and news services for the nations".