The phrase 'viewed as serving' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is most often used in the context of a situation or condition being seen in a particular way. For example: "He was viewed as serving an important role in the company, and thus was given a large salary."
Although the hierarchical arrangements in the Christian West must be viewed as serving organizational or managerial purposes, there is much greater variation in Asian orders.
Some networks fill a niche; others, like the N.B.A.'s and the N.F.L.'s, have too broad a fan base to be viewed as serving a narrow audience.
The announcement late Thursday over state media that the army generals planned to name a 78-year-old former Mubarak lieutenant, Kamal el-Ganzoury — a bureaucrat who is viewed as serving the military council — as the new prime minister spurred a flurry of e-mails and telephone calls on Thanksgiving Day among officials at the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon.
For strain effects, the partial R may be viewed as serving as an index of heritability, although this term is used here in an approximate sense, due to the nonrandom sampling of strains.
On a more general level, the traditional model of perinatal death and the fetuses at risk approach are best viewed as serving different purposes; the former is suited for setting prognosis at birth while the latter provides a causal framework and the basis for obstetric intervention.
Rodman has faced both ridicule and harsh criticism from some quarters for his trips, which some US politicians and activists view as serving only as fodder for propaganda efforts by the North Korean regime.
Women viewed strategies as serving different but complementary functions: "When I do meditation, I feel relaxed and my stress goes away.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, in a March 2, 2014 CBS News article, explains the worst case scenario for Bergdahl in regards to desertion: "It's hard to imagine any circumstance where his captivity won't be viewed as time served...The first order of business is securing his release and I don't think it does an ounce of good to begin contemplating that far ahead when the focus is on getting him home".
He believes SE, "can be viewed as a process that serves as catalyst for social change, and varies according to socio-economic and cultural environments" (Urban 2008); or for example Weerawardena and Mort (2006) believe that SE concept must be understood within "competitive environment".
For these denunciations of Spain, while counterproductive when viewed as foreign policy, serve a crucial domestic purpose: they help re-establish the political climate the Bush administration prefers, in which anyone who opposes any administration policy can be accused of undermining the fight against terrorism.
There would be strong opposition to a proposal to extend this requirement to publicly traded companies because it would be viewed as deterring individuals from serving as corporate officers and directors for fear of the potential costs.
