Eventually the chancellor's jurisdiction developed into the Court of Chancery, whose function was to administer equity.
Perhaps most baffling of all was a set of slowly rotating bleachers, whose function was unclear: art work or seating?
Hoplite, heavily armed ancient Greek foot soldier whose function was to fight in close formation.
The family members turned out to have a mutation in a gene, PCSK9, whose function was unknown.
Both patients whose function was unchanged (P =.005; hazard ratio, 6.0; CI [2.2, 16.6]) and patients whose function was worsened (P =.03; hazard ratio, 2.2; CI [1.1, 4.5]) remained at increased risk of death or dialysis dependence.
Patients with improved renal function had a significant and independent increase in dialysis-free survival in comparison with patients whose function was unchanged and patients whose function was worsened after operation.
By 1880 the use of chemicals in manufacturing had created an industry whose function was the mass production of chemicals.
Not so long ago, it seemed that "morality" was a dirty word, or rather a word whose function was to make sex look dirty.
Thus, the daily cult was a state concern, whose function was to maintain reciprocity between the human and the divine, largely in isolation from the people.
The cause of the family's misfortune turned out to be a mutation in a gene called PCSK9, whose function was unknown.
The spear of the 32-county nation stabbed itself, in displays of passive-aggressive victimhood whose function was to motivate a new generation of fighters who would be every bit as resentful as their forefathers.
