Sentence examples for essentially served as from inspiring English sources

There were no hearings, and the secretary general essentially served as his own judge and jury.

In past modern conclaves, the first ballot essentially served as a primary, with a number of cardinals emerging as leading vote-getters.

People have run Mr. Schemato on their sites and have essentially served as testers, helping us see how well it's working now and where we can improve.

In a presidential race that has been defined by far less traditional campaigning than in previous years, the series of televised debates has essentially served as the salad course.

"For those fifteen years, John Stevens has essentially served as the Chief Justice of the Liberal Supreme Court," Walter Dellinger, who was the acting Solicitor General in the Clinton Administration and is a frequent advocate before the Court, says.

Sometimes referred to as "His Accidency" (during his presidency and to his face), Tyler essentially served as an independent, fighting both Democrats and Whigs on most issues, including two stonewalled supreme court nominations.

In our version of the plan, the program would essentially serve as an insurance agency.

Those three are now essentially serving as middle relievers, with an occasional start thrown in.

The Mets won the National League pennant this year with Hampton and Al Leiter essentially serving as co-aces.

In the covers of old Mother songs, Cornell essentially serves as Wood's surrogate.

I suspect we'll see more sites that essentially serve as a bridge between street style and e-commerce.