Example sentences of "[noun] can serve [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stewart was a versatile artist ; painting was his lifelong passion and his pictures can serve as a guide to his career . |
| 2 | What we already know of the Titfords can serve as a model : Charles the Cheesemonger in the late 18th century had 13 children , seven of whom died in infancy ; his grandson , Benjamin the Silversmith , had reduced the number of offspring to five , and would live to see all but one reach adulthood . |
| 3 | If the mechanisms which Kandel has uncovered for the short-term processes of habituation and sensitization can serve as a model for short-term memory , what have they to say about long-term memory ? |
| 4 | The library can serve as a laboratory for practice in the skills of using an organized collection , through the use of bibliographies and catalogues , the understanding of the classification scheme , and the proper consultation of works of reference such as encyclopaedias and atlases. 3 . |
| 5 | Indeed the headings of budget estimates can serve as a guide to the content of both sections of the supporting statement . |
| 6 | Bukharin replied : ‘ It is obvious that only the real process of exchanges of substances between town and country can serve as a firm and stable basis for the influence of the town to be decisive . ’ |
| 7 | For knowledgeable readers this part can serve as a reminder ; for those who wish to read further key references are given . |
| 8 | Meal times can serve as a focus for certain social activities ; consider , for example , the ‘ Sunday roast ’ , the wining-and-dining of lovers , and even the ‘ working breakfast ’ . |
| 9 | In this way , contracts can serve as a basis for individualised instruction . |