Example sentences of "would serve [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all cases the addition of a straight line component ( px + q ) would serve to move the curve about the grid . |
| 2 | If , however , the following segments were those of repudiate the score of the word as a whole would serve to lift the interpretation of over . |
| 3 | Whether the primary motive for the association was the wish to appear to be in partnership or to avoid being identified as sole practitioners was not clear , but the Tribunal drew attention to the fact that " such a sham partnership would serve to mislead the public who are entitled to believe that the persons being held out as being partners would enjoy the full relationship of support and responsibility which that state engendered " . |
| 4 | An increase in the number of examples of each type of team would serve to reduce the uncertainty about whether the differences found are causally related to the way the team is organized , rather than , say , the product of idiosyncratic differences or of secondary factors . |
| 5 | For all their efforts to uncover trends that would serve to unify the history of life on earth , the vast majority were unwilling to explain the trends as the result of natural processes that could be seen operating in the world today . |