Sentence examples for serviceable form from inspiring English sources

Three centuries later, Rome's masters found that Paul's answer to his own dilemmas corresponded precisely to the empire's ideological needs.Her argument rises to a crescendo in a final chapter about how "Paul created Christ"; or how the apostle devised a serviceable form of world-religion based on his mystical intimations of a divine figure whom he had "met" only in visions.

Serviceable forms and familiar motifs are likely to persist, and changes are gradual in comparison to the sudden innovations possible in sophisticated art.

Well finished and clean in appearance with simple decoration, Queen's ware became, by virtue of its durable material and serviceable forms, the standard domestic pottery and enjoyed a worldwide market.

Serviceable service.

Local gas pipelines provide a valuable resource to urban areas and are often forced to cover unfavourable ground conditions in order to form a serviceable network.

Service was serviceable, if inconsistent.

He said: "As there is no indication of problems with the engines, gearbox or flying controls, it appears that a serviceable aircraft crashed due to some form of fuel starvation, despite having 76kg of fuel in its tanks.

In the words of Alan J. Lerner, W. S. Gilbert raised lyric writing "from a serviceable craft to a legitimate popular art form".

As a teen, he taught himself to sing and play serviceable guitar chords, and as a young man formed a band with friends called Lavender Country.

Washington accepted, writing to Braddock's principal aide, Captain Robert Orme, "I wish for nothing more earnestly, than to attain a small degree of knowledge in the Military Art", and that the position would provide him "a good opportunity... of forming an acquaintance which may be serviceable hereafter, if I can find it worth while pushing my Fortune in the Military way".

Depending on your druthers, they formed a handsome collection or made a serviceable doorstop.