His rank was honorary, and he acted principally as the man in charge of the commissary, where rifles and powder could be bought for beaver pelts.

The class of medicines known as diuretics acts principally to rid the body of excess fluid.

Leukotrienes act principally on a subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors.

For needlework, visit any of Funchal's factories, which put the finishing touches on items and act principally as showrooms, selling direct to the public.

Peripheral chemoreceptors act principally to detect variation of the oxygen concentration in the arterial blood, whilst also monitoring arterial carbon dioxide and pH.

It acted principally to licence and commercialise the use of publicly funded developments.

It does however retain its links with surgery, principally acting as a charitable institution to the benefit of medical and surgical causes.

Amphetamine and other amphetamine-type stimulants act principally to release dopamine into the synaptic cleft.

It acts principally on the proximal phalanges, the middle and terminal phalanges being extended mainly by the interossei and lumbricales.

According to Fu and Cullen, "Weiquan lawyers act principally out of commitment, not because of any financial concerns.