A pronominal phrase can function independently, showing its grammatical role.
We cannot baby up the new employees forever; they must learn to function independently.
A bound morpheme cannot function independently in a sentence or phrase.
Galileo has been designed to function independently of other existing systems.
There are probably scenarios where they could function independently.
The wheel slide protection device and the rotation monitoring system shall function independently.
These signals function independently of the signals for audio/video transmission.
It can also function independently without relying on other systems.
Il peut également fonctionner indépendamment sans s'appuyer sur d'autres systèmes.
Legal positivism provides a framework for understanding how laws function independently of ethics.
However, there are parts of the machinery that function independently.
Allow the military justice system to function independently of the army.
Permettre au système de justice militaire de fonctionner indépendamment de l'armée.
Mind can function independently of the concept of the space-relatedness of material objects.
Le mental peut fonctionner indépendamment du concept de la connexité spatiale des objets matériels.
It enables each device to have its own circuit and to function independently.
Il permet à chaque appareil de disposer de son propre circuit et de fonctionner indépendamment.