They still serve that purpose reasonably well.

A robust United Nations presence in Basra and Erbil would serve that purpose.

If it was a purely interpretative instrument, he wondered what purpose it would serve.

This instrument could serve a useful purpose and its use could be facilitated more actively.

To serve any useful purpose, evaluations should be done on a regular basis and follow common norms and standards.

The word importance could be interpreted as referring to the purpose that the Agreement would serve if it was properly implemented

If necessary, his delegation was prepared to propose alternative wording that would serve the purpose intended by the clause, while avoiding potential problems.

And so this function of emotions suggests that, in addition to any other purpose they serve, they're a kind of primitive form of communication.

And the only purpose that these legs can serve, outside the context of the film, is to provoke the senses and ignite the imagination.

Because I think all of you will agree that the only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and I would argue that the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

These activities serve a specific purpose and some of them will form the building blocks of the emerging Kyoto Protocol infrastructure.

But I began looking at design in a place like Amsterdam and recognized, you know, the first job of design is to serve a social purpose.

The new Defense Cooperation Guidelines between the US and Japan will serve the same purpose, and help secure peace in the region for years to come.

To ensure that this memory will serve its purpose both to remind and to teach we must not be afraid to open our eyes to that inglorious period of human history.

Ms. Ahn Eun ju (Republic of Korea) said that sanctions, when applied effectively, could serve their intended purpose in maintaining international peace and security.

So, social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous, in fact, that one has to ask what purpose they serve.

Its successful implementation will provide a good opportunity to ease the burden of unsettled issues in the Israeli Palestinian dispute and therefore serve the general purpose of advancing towards peace.

And they do not have any knowledge of it they just follow assumption and indeed assumption does not serve any purpose in place of the Truth.

And they do not have any knowledge of it they just follow assumption and indeed assumption does not serve any purpose in place of the Truth.

UNCTAD defines EPPs as products that cause significantly less environmental harm at some stage of their life cycle than alternative products that serve the same purpose.

To that end, we associate ourselves with the Secretary General's view on the necessity of strengthening the United Nations peacekeeping capacity and support the appropriate measures that would serve that purpose.

Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don't serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don't serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

And most of them do not follow anything except assumptions indeed assumption does not serve the least purpose (in place) of the truth indeed Allah knows their deeds.

And most of them do not follow anything except assumptions indeed assumption does not serve the least purpose (in place) of the truth indeed Allah knows their deeds.

It would therefore be logical to delete paragraph 1 (b) of draft article 18, which would serve a meaningful purpose only if the scope of application of the draft convention was deemed to be autonomous.

nature's destructive potential. We believe that this experience should serve to strengthen the spirit of cooperation, partnership and joint efforts in disaster prevention and relief operations based on human solidarity and common purpose.

Nor am I going to serve that which you serve,

Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve

Nor am I going to serve that which you serve,

Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve

Investigative journalism and serious commentary, like religion, do not have a profit model. They serve a higher purpose (although they can be and often are corrupted or twisted for bad ends).

In addition, the sanctions serve to create a hostile environment for terrorists, and if they are deterred from attempting a wire transfer, a border crossing or an arms purchase, then the sanctions have fulfilled their purpose.

Researchers today face the wrong incentives, which results in the failure to translate findings into meaningful action for research participants. Only by improving clinical standards and returning results to participants can human genome sequencing truly serve its purpose to help humanity.

The existing Memorandum of Understanding between Interpol and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo on cooperation in crime prevention and criminal justice might serve as an example for that purpose.

2.2 The author did not submit an application for amparo (enforcement of constitutional rights) with the Constitutional Court, considering that it would serve no purpose in view of the Court's repeated denial of applications for amparo for the purpose of reviewing facts established in the judgements of the ordinary courts.

An increase in both the general purpose and special purpose contributions was recorded during 2004, with the general purpose contributions amounting to US 10.5 million and the special purpose contributions to US 22.2 million.

It has therefore to serve hard and to serve effectively in order to take the game.

There are still many reports of people who have been assaulted who do not want to go to the police, either because they have had the experience that this does not serve any purpose, or out of fear of reprisals.

Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, It was a privilege to serve as a doctor.

Senior indigenous women are actively sought to serve as resource persons for the training programme for the purpose of sharing their strategies, experiences, challenges and insights on a whole range of issues of concern to indigenous women, and to indigenous men and youth.

I serve not what you serve

I serve not what you serve

I have to serve.

It will not serve our larger purpose if we are left divided after choosing among resolutions that favour a few, leaving fissures and factions as we pick winners and losers once and for all.