Sentence examples for were to function as from inspiring English sources

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

The point Keynes made, right or wrong, was that, if the economy were to function as a coordinated system, the activities of each economic unit must be somehow controlled and controlled quite precisely.

Of course, if the communicated norms were to function as a fundamental, pre-interpretive constraint, rejection would have to be rare and subject to special justification.

The definitions were to function as ingredients in the syllogisms that returned, synthetically, to the empirical starting point, though it is presumably now understood why things are as they are, an understanding that was, for Wolff, the goal of philosophy.

Our analysis found that inactivating SACOL1828 did not result in an increase in sigS expression, as would have been predicted if SACOL1828 were to function as an anti-sigma factor.

First, if a set of neurons were to function as a module it should not consist of two (or more) disconnected subsets.

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.

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".

If this book is to function as a guide to essential purchases, each reader will need to ponder each entry with a dash of scepticism to avoid being disappointed.