1.   And the country functioned just fine.

2.   Economists complain that the country has functioned under Caldera without a coherent and consistent economic program, relying instead on a series of emergency measures.

3.   If Laurent Kabila, the new ruler, can get his huge rich country to function properly, the economy of the whole of central Africa would be galvanized.

4.   No one discussed how some countries will function after a quarter of their people die from AIDS over the next decade.

5.   It was primarily created as a safety mechanism to ensure the country could function in case of a constitutional crisis.

6.   It was created as a safety mechanism to ensure the country could function in case of a constitutional crisis.

7.   Many young Afghans have never known peace, or a time when their country actually functioned as a state.

8.   The Senate was created as a safety mechanism to ensure the country could function in case of a constitutional crisis.