Sentence examples for it serves mainly from inspiring English sources

It serves mainly sushi, made by Tatsuya Nagata, who was at Bond Street.

Spark's determinedly light touch is enjoyable, but it serves mainly to direct us back to the novels.

St. Gabriel's has served as a "gateway to immigrants" for generations, Father McNamara said, and today it serves mainly as the place of worship for Mexican immigrants and their families.

Conversely, when religion is liberal when it makes few supernatural claims, when it is doctrinally minimal, and when it serves mainly as a repository of moral wisdom it can play a significant role in a liberal society.

("I'm dying!" he tells his wife one night, shortly before divorcing her, and then, seeing the shock on her face: "No, not now… I mean, eventually!") Fans of both Allen and David anticipated the collaboration as a glorious melding of curmudgeonly comic minds, but it serves mainly to underscore their differences.

The show's central conceit — two per cent of the world's population has disappeared into thin air without explanation — is a compelling one, but it serves mainly to point to a larger truth about the actual world; haven't we all, really, been abandoned here, without explanation?

Built in 1857, Fort Totten was equipped to defend waterways into New York City, but it served mainly as an Army training base until it was closed in 1995.

He was never able to give a convincing analysis of the plan, and it served mainly to outrage blue-collar and middle-class voters unable to grasp why their tax payments should apparently be offered to layabouts.

The qiṭʿah is a less-serious literary form that was used to deal with aspects of everyday life; it served mainly for occasional poems, satire, jokes, word games, and chronograms.

The intention of this live slice of comedy history was to commemorate some of those who shaped a new comedy scene in Britain, but it served mainly as a reminder that "alternative comedy" was often not as funny as it thought it was.

But until recently, it served mainly as a tool for trading flirtatious banter, swapping gossip or scheduling sundowners.Now, a handful of firms—several start-ups and a few industry stalwarts are transforming instant messaging into a legitimate and valuable commercial business.