These counties now must go to the state with hat in hand each year to keep functioning at all.

Economies must be kept functioning while needed reforms are made.

This can be a very long time if his circulatory system is kept functioning.

I have to keep functioning, for just a little while longer... She reached deep inside her.

You wouldn't expect complex equipment to keep functioning so long, would you?

It can cut off a damaged section from its neural network and keep functioning on the rest.

It had been kept functioning throughout the centuries and preserved in excellent condition.

They had to keep functioning regardless - or die.

But it cannot not keep functioning, he said, unless all of the parties are committed to "exclusively peaceful means."

Like doctors, nurses have a very broad role in helping people to keep functioning, from advice and help with general lifestyle issues to disease management.