Sentence examples for by serving a practical from inspiring English sources

Diverse though SpaceShip One, Google Earth, Apple's PowerMac G4 computer and the other exhibits are, most of them have one thing in common: they conform to design convention by serving a practical purpose.

Katja Neves, an anthropologist at Concordia University, points out that the practice serves a practical purpose.

It can also serve a practical function by informing management and restoration of native populations in invaded or otherwise disturbed areas.

Similarly, a signature that can distinguish between two subtypes of cancer is useful only if those two subtypes differ in some clinically relevant way, such as in survival time or response to therapy, since otherwise the information about cancer subtype provided by the molecular signature may not serve a practical purpose.

The project serves a practical function.

"It doesn't serve a practical purpose," he said.

(Need I say more?) Secondly, it serves a practical purpose.

In some cases they also serve a practical purpose.

Sometimes the seaside garden at the Asharoken Village Hall serves a practical purpose.

The towels, thankfully, also served a practical purpose: Heavy rain fell for much of the first quarter.

Although the class, "Speech Anxiety," sometimes resembles therapy, it serves a practical purpose: helping students graduate.