Sentence examples for serving the same purpose as from inspiring English sources

Their affectlessness gives the movie an atmosphere of hypothermia-laced surrealism, with shots of drama serving the same purpose as the vodka; both keep the blood flowing.

And the official who wouldn't tell Bhushan who was visiting was serving the same purpose as those detaining the audience: making sure Rushdie left MIT safely.

Space ships are not miracles of technology, but psychic conveyances, serving the same purpose as Dorothy's whirlwind-borne house in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, or the trance of the traditional shaman: they get you to the Otherworld.

It is also practical, still serving the same purpose as Gagarin's flight of preventing boredom.

The keyboard can also be used instead of the mouse, with the 'enter' key serving the same purpose as clicking.

Once, artists started at small labels and graduated to the majors; now, he says, artists see him as serving the same purpose as an indie — exposure.

Thus, GMNIA results are used as basis for comparison, except for shells without cutout where the EN1993-1.6 normative strengths could serve the same purpose as well.

Buttons on the top serve the same purpose as those on a traditional mouse.

The wing beats served the same purpose as spoilers on race cars.

Surprisingly, though, they don't serve the same purpose as typed chat at all.

As such, many aliases served the same purpose as adult film stage names.