key function
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandfunction
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key
adjective
uk/kiː/us/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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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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(Definition ofkeyandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the present paper, it is more convenient to use the potential as ourkeyfunction, however.
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Leading technique development with regard to accuracy, reproducibility and patient compliance is akeyfunctionof radiographers.
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This is not theirkeyfunction.
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This immediately clarifies thekeyfunctionof this new institution.
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Thekeyfunctionof telemedicine is assessment and diagnosis.
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I would argue that akeyfunctionof language is that it provides an escape from this primary level of thought.
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Akeyfunctionof migrants is always as an industrial reserve army which should have precisely this effect in the short to medium term.
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Metagovernance is necessarily akeyfunctionof the state because it alone has the ability to assign the rules and resources on which all forms of governance depend.
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That is important for any person exercising such akeyfunctionin our democracy.
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It has anotherkeyfunction, that of initiating legislation, and we cannot forget that.
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Anotherkeyfunctionwill be as the moderniser of our electoral system.
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Housing is currently akeyfunctionfor district authorities outside the metropolitan areas.
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Resilience is akeyfunctionof regional work for the fire service.
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We should recognise that thekeyfunctionof the police is to deter crime and reassure the public.
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After all, thekeyfunctionof ports is to transfer passenger or freight traffic between transport modes.
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It is important not to confuse thatkeyfunctionby including terms which do not properly fall within that category.
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The project management is akeyfunctionin responsibility and has recently been the subject of a detailed efficiency scrutiny.
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Ensuring that children's views are heard will be akeyfunctionof the children's rights director as a senior appointment within the commission.
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Improving prescribing, including managing the indicative prescribing scheme, is akeyfunctionof national health service management and the administration costs are not identified separately.
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Akeyfunctionof the committee will be to advise the general council on the recognition of qualifications offered by training establishments.
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Perhaps thekeyfunctionof a local authority is to provide a decent environment and decent homes for people to live in.
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His shop has akeyfunctionfor the town's supply situation.
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Keycaps are illustrated to indicate thekeyfunctionor alphanumeric character they correspond to.
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This role yielded income and influence and was to remain akeyfunctionof future rectors.
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The bats saliva, left in the victim's resulting bite wound, has akeyfunctionin feeding from the wound.
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