Sentence examples for serves to block from inspiring English sources

The molecular messenger that results serves to block a substance that would otherwise slow down protein production.

The screening process serves to block dangerous or irresponsible candidates, but also underscores for applicants and their families that bringing home a gun is a serious decision which affects the entire household, and indeed the entire community.

It is considered to be a criteria pollutant in the troposphere the lowermost layer of the atmosphere but not in the upper atmosphere, where it occurs naturally and serves to block harmful ultraviolet rays from the Sun.

Using both C60-film-modified boron-doped diamond and glassy carbon as underlying electrode substrates no electro-catalytic response is observed using the target analytes but rather the C60 serves to block the electrode surface.

As an agonist, it attenuates nicotine withdrawal while its antagonistic effect serves to block the nicotinic reinforcing effect, thereby diminishing craving.

Yet, the presence of a soluble ligand serves to block individual interactions from reassembling and therefore allows an "unzipping" of the polyvalent complex.

(The platelets help to stop bleeding in two ways: they contain a clotting factor, and they serve to block rents in blood-vessel walls).

The three projects represent just a tiny fraction of the billions of dollars in earmarks in the bill, but they help illustrate why critics continue to demand more restraints and how new rules announced by Democrats on Capitol Hill and embraced by Mr. Obama might serve to block some initiatives but not others.

Tariffs serve to block our natural instinct to fulfill our myriad needs and desires.

Barbara on security opened a door to let the air flow through a bit but that only served to block my view of the transcript screen so I had to swap chairs.

This is partially because the, "crossed polarizers … serve to block out background light with a rejection ratio better than 10−5".