In its use of the Hebrew terms abad, "till" (literally "to work or serve"), and shamar, "keep" (literally "to exercise great care over; to guard or watch over"), the Bible charges humanity with the responsibility to serve, preserve, and care for the earth.
Ethics were important only if they first served to preserve the race.
Whether the painters planned it or not, the locations they chose served to preserve their work, protecting it from centuries of sunlight, wind and rain.
Despite countless forays by sociologists, photographers and writers from the 1930's onward, Gee's Bend's isolation served to preserve an idiosyncratic style of quilt making that is as direct and unvarnished as the landscape itself.
What is of interest, however, is the function these arguments have sometimes served to preserve exemptionalism.
This process served to preserve the richness of the information in the quotes, while at the same time providing 'requirements' for design.
Although low income levels have served to preserve traditional construction among the majority of the population of Madagascar, due to the prestige associated with modern architectural innovations, traditional construction is often abandoned as income increases.
Mummification served to preserve and transform the physical body into sah, an idealised form with divine aspects; the Book of the Dead contained spells aimed at preserving the body of the deceased, which may have been recited during the process of mummification.
The rapid silicification of the terrestrial Early Archean sediments served to preserve the biosignatures in an excellent state of conservation.
The US army corps of engineers did not oppose the tribe's most recent request, with assistant attorney general John Cruden saying in court documents that "the public interest would be served by preserving peace".
They have, in other words, people whose interests are served by preserving them, and who have the legal and practical power to do so.Community reef management of this sort was widely touted at the conference as a way of sustaining fisheries in the developing world.
