Sentence examples for serving to uphold from inspiring English sources

It was suggested that the downregulation in reesterification was compensatory to the reduced lipolytic activity, thus serving to uphold the plasma concentrations of fatty acids even in the absence of HSL.

The court serves to uphold and promote human rights in the Americas under the 1969 American Convention on Human Rights.

"[They] only serve to uphold what is far more than a tale, but a reality of two cities," CUPR told the New York Daily News.

I mean all the institutions and industries that serve to uphold the patriarchy and its immoral drive for profit over the well-being of the earth and all creatures that dwell on it.

Instead, creating a false biography, as if she had just combined bits and pieces from a Sherman Alexie novel and a Tyler Perry play, she has served to uphold a false narrative that racial and ethnic identities can be assumed by anyone.

But verdicts in those cases likewise will serve neither to uphold current police practices nor brand the entire department as criminal.

Wynn then doubled down and filed a complaint in Nevada seeking to uphold this act and charging Mr. Okada with breaching his fiduciary duties to the company, where he serves as a director.

"Police officers take an oath to protect and serve, and have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards of their profession," said the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr. "Failure to do so risks damaging the reputation of their peers and violating the public's trust.

Sobriety checkpoints were upheld because they served to protect the public from the immediate highway hazard posed by drunken drivers.

For him, such standards were "frightening," for in effect they left unpunished presidential conduct designed to serve the processes he had sworn to uphold.

But Speaker Boehner has no problem with Rep. Radel continuing to serve in Congress (which is sworn to uphold, and makes, our laws).