Sentence examples for does service from inspiring English sources

Comedy also does service.

It seems possible that "grave" is not simply a noun, the easy antonym of "cradle", but does service as an adjective, whilst "right" becomes a noun: "grave right" or even, to stretch a pun, "grave rite".

In France, ville (town) does service equally for everywhere from a minor regional centre to Paris itself, while cité is used for everything that's "concentrated", from a museum to a housing estate.

Andrea Wulf's enthusiastic and gripping biography does service to this immense compliment, and has been included in many top ten lists for biography, science and books of the year.

As for Barack Obama, we would call on him to espouse immigration reform by speaking to his fellow Americans in a way that does service to his country's principles, backed by data that speaks to their self-interest.If both our governments were to lead on these issues there would still be a lot of migration between the United States and Mexico.

But perhaps nothing is so amazing as the survival of the Liemba itself, a first world war battleship that now does service as a ferry up and down Lake Tanganyika – the longest lake in the world, separating present-day Tanzania and Congo, and also bordering Burundi and Zambia.

Not only does service-learning create a greater understanding among volunteers, but it also creates a greater understanding among the recipients of help.

Make sure the dealer does services.

She felt she didn't do service to the dress.

They are still doing service in that department.

I couldn't abide doing service these days".