Sentence examples for served to defend from inspiring English sources

On the streets here, protesters alleged that the harsh treatment endured at the hands of officers served to defend the interests of the state.

In both cases examined, they served to defend and 'secure' the growth machine, as well as to channel flow of capital and resources from the 'upperworld' and 'underworld' towards development efforts.

The latter two could not have been merely historical, however; the historical perspective must rather have served to defend the point of view of the skeptical Academy, which Plutarch advocated as doing justice to the aporetic spirit of Plato's philosophy (see below, sect. 2).

Fisher [41] proposed that biomineralisation served to defend pre-Cambrian cyanobacterial mats from UVR.

The aim should not be to stigmatize the police but to insure that they serve to defend rather than attack the right to peaceable protest.

In Wilson's telling, Klan violence serves to defend white rights against "adventurers" from the North — that is, against other white people.

In Wilson's telling, Klan violence serves to defend white rights against "adventurers" from the North that is, against other white people.

Certain plants produce isoprenoids that are very similar to hormones involved in the development of insects that prey on those plants; the plant substances prevent the maturation of the insect, thus serving to defend the plant.

Microbes serve to defend against disease and strengthen the immune system, so disease prevention is a natural fit for microbiome innovation.

The message is indelible: the State of Israel only exists because of the willingness of those who serve to defend her and the purpose of their sacrifice enshrined in the declaration of Israel's independence as a Jewish, democratic state is a cause for great joy.

Relatively little work has been reported [41], [42] on WBCs which are the mobile units of the immune system; they form about 1% of the blood of a healthy adult and serve to defend the body against infectious diseases and foreign materials [43].