Example sentences of "also serve [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If other cities are a guide to Milan then it also served as a useful quarry for the inhabitants . |
| 2 | The picture also served as a useful summary or overview of the whole EPH situation , reflecting its position in the surrounding community , liaison links with social workers and relatives of the clients , and its relationship with the area office and the department headquarters . |
| 3 | Margaret Wynne Nevinson , an active feminist , who was a member of a school management committee for twenty-five years and who also served as a Poor Law Guardian , found her fellow male Guardians actively hostile . |
| 4 | True , his own Ordo also served as a secret watchdog over the Inquisition at large . |
| 5 | As a parish priest he also served as a diocesan representative on the first National Liturgy Commission and as a schools commissioner with the North Riding of Yorkshire in the diocesan office . |
| 6 | This back-crossed son of Old Bec was fertile , fathering a number of colts and fillies , and he also served as a popular saddle horse . |
| 7 | Mr Smyth said Williams worked as a leisure professional but also served as a Special Constable and was hoping to become a police officer in the future . |
| 8 | A transformer can also serve as a current comparator in a conventional Wheatstone bridge type of circuit as shown in figure 7.14 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Firstly , it meant access to library housekeeping circulation files designed primarily for staff use which could also serve as a rudimentary catalogue for the library user . |
| 12 | It has its own entrance hall which is used for receptions , and also adjacent is The Champagne Room , which can also serve as a pre-function room . |
| 13 | In reality , Spiro 's main contact was Dr Adnan Mroueh , a Shia Moslem gynaecologist who had also served as a junior minister in the Lebanese Cabinet . |
| 14 | The President also serves for a four-year term ; if no presidential candidate gains a majority of the vote under direct elections , then the President is elected by the Congress . |
| 15 | It also serves as a comprehensive set of operating system extensions which help to turn any MS-DOS computer into a multimedia workstation and controls not only the real-time display of video but the video source itself . |
| 16 | It also serves as a useful means of relieving stress through review of recent weeks . |
| 17 | It 's true that it seduces us with its pulse-quickening thrill , but it also serves as a privileged glimpse into the paranoia , loneliness and tunnel vision of the male survivalist . |
| 18 | It is a loan collection for RBGE staff , and for some external borrowers , and it also serves as a permanent Reference Collection of RBGE images . |
| 19 | Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; ‘ I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared . |
| 20 | Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared . |