Sentence examples for serve as a normal from inspiring English sources

POC being an environmentally-friendly and a low-cost aggregate can serve as a normal aggregate alternative for future use.

For instance, one species of bacteria might use the pollutant toluene, a solvent obtained from petroleum, as a carbon source, and naturally occurring Fe3+ might serve as a normal electron acceptor.

These so-called "gemmules" are expelled from the adult sponge and, in some marine species, serve as a normal reproductive process or, sometimes, as a means to carry the sponges over periods of unfavourable conditions when the adults degenerate; e.g., drought, temperature extremes.

Our first intention was to collapse no absences and "normal" absence to serve as a "normal" reference group to "abnormal" absence.

The room had perhaps once served as a normal bedroom.

Since the disaster's effects did not reach Glacier Bay, that region serves as a "normal" comparison, Dena notes.

In this study, group (I) rats were fed with standard food pellet and tap water which served as a normal control.

In 46 rats, one EDL served as a normal control and the opposite EDL underwent 3 hr of ischemia followed by 3 hr of reperfusion after pretreatment with LAM1-116 mAb, control IgG, or saline.

Fairie explains that Canada features a "weak mayor" system, with the mayor's responsibilities restricted to serving as a normal councillor, chairing meetings and performing ceremonial functions.

[26] The experimental 'control' in our cultures, thus served as a normal expanded graft.

Samples collected one day prior to exposure served as a normal reference baseline for each animal.