Sentence examples for served to remove from inspiring English sources

The alkali in the lime also served to remove the thousands of tiny hairs in the skin – by weakening the chemical bonds which hold protein molecules together.

Palestinian officials in the West Bank said such statements only served to remove responsibility from Israel, and suggested that the six had been kept in Palestinian custody for their own safety.

That might set off an alarm, but the shift has served to remove some of the cuteness seen in her past pieces and to open up a world, unashamedly anticommercial and anti-trend, that embraces the surreal twists of darkness and lightness found in dreams.

A catalyst made from SnC12 showed low activity for the hydrogenation of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester, but its activity was increased by raising the calcination temperature, which served to remove Cl from the catalyst.

The modification was designed to improve the performance of multi-layer filters for compressed air filtration, in which the fabrics served to remove, i.e. drain, oil separated from the air stream.

Thomas' question in Rice may have served to remove his confusion about Drozdowski's grouping of the two jurors together, but it didn't change his -- or his colleagues' -- ultimate determination.

"This serves to remove the disincentives to donation," Dr. Lavee says.

This serves to remove the water but by itself is insufficient to prevent gradual loss of salts.

Adsorptive processes, either exclusive of or in addition to biological uptake, serve to remove elements from the upper ocean and deliver them to greater depths.

"If approved, this decision serves to remove the freedom of Scottish farmers and narrows their choice of crop varieties to cultivate in the future".

A physical separation of the (immiscible) oil and acid serves to remove the desired products from the nitric acid solution (which still contains all the fission products).