functioning system
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionandsystem
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function
noun
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition offunctionandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Afunctioningsystemof retirement contracts, against this background, must then have been in the estate owner's interests.
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It is clear that structural pressures are satisfied within the context of afunctioningsystem, sometimes leading to compromise.
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Nonetheless, there were good reasons for an estate owner to maintain afunctioningsystemof retirement contracts on the estate.
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The model describes a given farm as afunctioningsystem.
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A properlyfunctioningsystemof reward circuitry is clearly essential to the maintenance of healthy function in the face of trauma.
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The president has too much power, and it will be important to obtain afunctioningsystemof checks and balances in the face of a strong impulse toward centralization.
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Hanson echoes other economists in suggesting that resistance to full-blown reform probably prevented the deterioration in economic performance that would have been encouraged by tinkering with afunctioningsystem.
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In point 12 of the explanatory memorandum they refer to the present "smoothlyfunctioningsystemof air travel".
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This also requires afunctioningsystemof cross-border cooperation.
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One of the main problems is the lack of afunctioningsystemof financial control.
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I hope that we do that radically and responsibly, and give ourselves and our people a properly thought-through, balanced andfunctioningsystemof legislation.
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It is impossible to run afunctioningsystemof democracy without that democracy permeating to the lowest levels of society, and working effectively there.
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It's not afunctioningsystem.
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In addition, circuit reliability is the expected lifespan of operation of afunctioningsystemunder nominal conditions.
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Greenpeace has however attacked this corporate-centred model because it undermines the state's responsibility to create afunctioningsystemof social services.
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Now we need to make one last step to have a complete and fullyfunctioningsystem.
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