Example sentences of "serve [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suggestions that follow — based on studies and observations of people in happy , enduring marriages — can serve as a useful guideline for all couples . |
| 2 | It should , however , serve as a useful guide that can be adapted to suit individual needs . |
| 3 | Anglophone domination of the off-shore west European islands might serve as a useful example . |
| 4 | The met repressor may serve as a useful model for such systems . |
| 5 | Even Frank Williams , who gave Mansell the fresh start he craved in 1985 , believed he had signed no more than a ‘ journeyman ’ , who would serve as a useful number two driver . |
| 6 | This should serve as a useful background for readers intending to buy relatively expensive tools . |
| 7 | The attraction of the book is that it gives clinicians an easily readable albeit superficial overview that will serve as a useful introduction : and even specialists in the field are likely to find useful information in one or more of the chapters . |
| 8 | ‘ No matter , it will serve as a useful antidote to what they will try and inculcate you with at school , that 's its chief virtue . |
| 9 | Though any such checklists may be viewed by busy teachers as a necessary evil rather than a welcomed virtue , nonetheless , it may frequently serve as a useful catalyst to further and more detailed thought on the matter . |
| 10 | The case of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire may serve as a useful example to show what can be learned about early land use and also to indicate some of the pitfalls . |
| 11 | They may also serve as a useful basis for all children for heuristic strategies , that is , in producing the answers to unknown facts from known ones , for example 8+7= ( 7+7 ) +1 . |
| 12 | The buy register input form can serve as a useful checklist . |
| 13 | This part of the document will be of particular use to those new to National Certificate Modules but will also serve as a useful summary for those already familiar with the system . |
| 14 | Checklists can serve as a useful indicator of the extent to which human factors and ergonomic principles have been taken into account in a particular situation . |
| 15 | Therefore , PCNA may serve as a useful marker for proliferation if the conditions of fixation are held constant and the same antibody is used throughout the experiment . |
| 16 | This list can serve as a useful check for teachers . |
| 17 | For the convenience of the reader , there is set out in Appendix 3 a checklist which will serve as a useful reminder of the principal matters to be considered . |
| 18 | The book is complementary to Durant and Fabb 's Literary Studies in Action , published by Routledge in the Interface series in 1990 , and in many ways it could serve as a useful introduction to that volume . |
| 19 | TNC believes that imposed reform of the curriculum and assessment , by which schools become more accountable to the community , will serve as a powerful device to enhance school effectiveness by increasing the external pressure on the head and staff of underachieving schools . |
| 20 | The category had a profound influence on antiracist activists and intellectuals of British Afro-Caribbean , African and Asian descent , and it can still serve as a powerful descriptive and political signifier . |
| 21 | There is no doubt that the credit system will serve as a powerful lever during the transition from the capitalist mode of production to the mode of production of associated labour … ’ |
| 22 | And nineteen eighty two may serve as a suitable reminder for us as we seek to identify those likely to make the most significant contributions in the future . |
| 23 | Those who carried their counties or their countries to victory are featured to the exclusion of all else , and the result could serve as a visual aid to motivation . |
| 24 | A transformer can also serve as a current comparator in a conventional Wheatstone bridge type of circuit as shown in figure 7.14 . |
| 25 | It can therefore serve as a helpful guide . |
| 26 | The episode further emphasised the unsatisfactory state of the libel law , and how the prospect of massive awards of damages may serve as a real threat to freedom of expression . |
| 27 | The Uganda syllabus , typical of many , will serve as a profitable example . |
| 28 | Any variations in production of 14 C are rapidly distributed throughout the atmosphere , so a calibration curve of radiocarbon ‘ age ’ versus calendar age for one material and one geographical region will serve as a global calibration curve . |
| 29 | Some will be to provoke interest and curiosity , others will be to reinforce learning , still others will be for extension work and most importantly some areas will be for the pupils ' own work which will serve as a major focus of attention . |
| 30 | Finally , it will serve as a general purpose mini line mixer . |