1.   At all times the social function of Marriage has been to produce heirs and this their Marriage had failed to do.

2.   August is a fairly quiet month in Shetland apart from social functions like sailing regattas.

3.   Go out and mix with people - in their homes, at social functions, on public transport, in community activities.

4.   He never seemed to feel out of place at social functions.

5.   Laughter, he says, serves some primitive social function, not yet nailed down.

6.   Much depends on the social function of labelling criminal offences, and on the particular labels chosen.

7.   The battle was the venerable one of pure, formalist art versus art with a social function.

8.   The church fulfils a valuable social function.

9.   The Great Hall is available for weddings and other social functions.

10.   The Markers that are characteristic of a variety perform social functions at lower and higher levels of generality.