Example sentences of "[noun pl] serve [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless the indictment of schooling remains strong in the public mind and an apparent increase in violence in schools serves only to compound this belief . |
| 2 | 1.4 We should now immediately take account of the fact that few words serve solely to identify entities that a speaker wishes to mention . |
| 3 | In my view these characteristics serve only to require the court to be more than ever cautious before concluding that Parliament really intended to exclude one of the immunities which I have listed ; and as I have suggested , the words of the Act of 1987 admit of no doubt . |
| 4 | Therefore , each time it receives new deposits and operational balances , the additional balances serve only to replace the balances used to increase its own advances . |
| 5 | Long rigid job descriptions serve only to limit profit contribution and inhibit the vital development of the job . |
| 6 | Formal and informal discrimination against foreigners in public-procurement contracts by American state and local governments serves only to fleece taxpayers . |
| 7 | Such statements serve only to confuse and prevent artists from being creative . |
| 8 | The House defence budget also reversed existing Defence Department policy by permitting US service personnel and their dependents serving overseas to obtain abortions at their own expense at military health facilities . |
| 9 | The earlier stages can be discovered almost entirely by theoretical analysis , with experiments serving largely to confirm the predictions ( and incidentally to provide illustrative material such as that being used here ) . |
| 10 | Even if he acted in ignorance of basic board workings , Councillor Buchanan 's actions serve only to undermine the dignity of the board . |
| 11 | In each case a working relationship had to be established between employment and education sectors , not without difficulty in certain areas where a lack of trust and respect between potential partners served only to highlight the depth of the cultural divide . |
| 12 | Communications serve well to achieve profit . |
| 13 | The Marechal de Saxe , one of the best-known military theorists of the century and himself a highly successful commander , thought the ‘ acting body ’ of an army should not exceed 46,000 men , ‘ for multitudes serve only to perplex and embarrass ’ . |
| 14 | Moreover , these abstractions serve also to blur the distinctive formations of body , hair and dress through which portraits are customarily gendered . |
| 15 | These precautions served only to strengthen the aggressive nature of the confrontation , to spread the cult and to increase feelings of loyalty amongst the supporters . |
| 16 | Moreover , children are attracted to telephones which ‘ demand ’ to be picked up and spoken into , and the prohibitions which adults usually place on children 's use of these instruments serves only to enhance their attractiveness . |
| 17 | The quasi-religious ceremonial which surrounded Franco 's attendance at both events served both to sacralize power and to secularize religion , making the two indivisible in the person of Francisco Franco . |
| 18 | Most aggressive encounters serve more to confirm the existing social hierarchy than to change it . |