Sentence examples for serve mainly from inspiring English sources

Public schools that serve mainly black students are more different from private schools," he concluded, "than are the public schools that serve mainly white or Hispanic-American students".

Restrictions on abortion serve mainly to hurt poor women by postponing abortions until later in pregnancy.

This argument is hard to swallow since the rules serve mainly to stifle open debate.

Both are facsimiles that serve mainly to show us the richness of the original.

Because they largely adorn the poorer districts, the cafes tend to serve mainly Mr. Chávez's base.

The grid will serve mainly as a backup power source for the new center.

The ports of Lamu and Malindi serve mainly the coastal trade and fisheries.

This argument is particularly hard to swallow since the rules, even with recent improvements, serve mainly to stifle open debate.

And the other Jamaican characters — whose stories are far less salacious, less glamorous — serve mainly to suggest certain background issues.

"Religious exemptions" can be granted to institutions that employ and serve mainly those of their own religious tradition.

— but these, and the piles of papers and plastic babies, serve mainly as a distraction from the play's basic passivity.