Example sentences of "serve only [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if he acted in ignorance of basic board workings , Councillor Buchanan 's actions serve only to undermine the dignity of the board . |
| 2 | As a patient , I would like to think that the presence of a doctor 's name on the list would also offer me some sort of guarantee that he or she would not subject me to unnecessary or unjustifiably harmful treatment — whether that treatment be labelled alternative or mainstream , labels that serve only to confuse the issue . |
| 3 | Large amounts of coffee , alcohol and cigarettes as well as usage serve only to aggravate the problem , particularly if they are taken in place of a meal . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As you will see from my strategies — all of which , let me repeat , are derived not from my own beliefs but from what teachers say they actually do — what works for one person may seem quite bizarre to another , and serve only to increase the distress of a third . |