Such remarks served only to widen the gulf between the two sides, many industry experts said.

That remark could also serve as a comment on the production's dramatic problems.

The committee told Mr. Summers that his remarks did not "serve our institution well."

All the same, some general remarks may serve to give this conjecture more substance.

I don't think the prime minister's remarks served him well.

These remarks may serve as a preface to the following adventures, which chanced upon a summer night, not far from a hundred years ago.

Mr. Quayle's remark did serve to make a serious point he did not intend.

Her remark served to remind him that she was porcelain and he was ordinary river clay.

Her remarks served the union agenda, since teachers have been working without a contract.

Response to Bush Challenge The remarks served a political purpose.