Sentences with phrase «serves as a barrier»

Once watered, the pods immediately dissolve, and the sheet serves as a barrier to pesky weeds.

But for both Christian and Jewish fundamentalists, their faith, which is a bulwark from within, serves as a barrier from without.

The islands themselves serve as a barrier for the trade winds, allowing only the gentle breezes to circulate over and between the islands.

They provide thorough cleaning to help prevent dryness and chafing while serving as a barrier from wetness between diaper changes.

The impressive features of this BEST CRIB MATTRESS are that they contain2 hypo allergenic insulating layers of foam in it that serves as a barrier for dust mites, in addition to bed bugs.

One emotion is usually more «tolerable» for the child to experience, and this emotion serves as a barrier to feeling the others; i.e. high levels of anger or fear will prevent the child from feeling grief and shame.

It contains spermicidal agents but it also serves as a barrier method that keeps sperm from entering the uterus.

It serves as a barrier rather than as a crib.

«As certificate programs can often be costly and serve as a barrier to employment, I'm proud to offer these 500 certificate program slots at no cost to all our attendees here today.

«Atlantic Avenue has been a blight in our community that has been unsafe for motorists and pedestrians, while serving as a barrier between the two communities.»

Personal beliefs like fatalism can serve as barrier to preventive health care measures such as HPV vaccination.

Could a fatalistic attitude toward cervical cancer serve as a barrier to prevention of the disease?

«Our skin is covered with bacteria as part of our normal skin microbiome and typically serves as a barrier that protects us from infection and inflammation.

Combined with the fact that vultures rarely come in contact with humans, vultures serve as a barrier to prevent diseases from proliferating in dead animals and spreading to humans.

«Our findings suggest that strictly protected areas may serve as a barrier to disease transmission,» said Pattanayak.

The size of these genomes has previously served as a barrier to whole - genome sequencing, but recent advances in sequencing technologies and informatics have made assembling these megagenomes tractable.

Despite of the huge number of patents involved, no more than 11 have the potential to serve as a barrier to the deployment of golden rice in countries with the highest levels of vitamin A deficiency, according to the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI).

In skincare, it can also serve as a barrier against harsh natural forces that cause ageing.

They also serve as a barrier for the nail as it grows.

A healthy GI tract should serve as a barrier between the contents of your gut — more commonly referred to as «poop» — and your bloodstream.

In the case of a cold, a thicker wall of mucus can serve as a barrier preventing other viruses, bacteria, or irritating particles from entering the nasal membranes, she says.

This causes chronic and sometimes severe stress that can impact your biology and serve as another barrier to weight loss.

Now we know it also serves as barrier between the outside world and the inside of the body, and that it is home base to the immune system.

The lose silhouette covers all my bulgy bits and the long sleeves hide my bingo wings as well as serve as a barrier from the cold gusts of wind that are slowly increasing on this side of the globe.

In this case the two way zip closure is amazing because it'll actually serve as a barrier against snow getting inside (the worst!).

They were designed to act as perspiration absorbent, and serve as a barrier between «good» clothes and bodily grime.

The Hasidic Jews» traditional dress may serve as a barrier on the street, and the film does indulge itself occasionally in playing on the incongruity of the suited and hatted men making their way around modern New York, but seeing the generalities of life reflected in such a particular setting amounts to a genuinely powerful insight into some of the universal themes of love, sacrifice and (gentle) self - improvement that are here handled with a charmingly light touch.

In education field, Lanzi Mazzocchinni Survey of 2007/2008 indicated that 58 % of the refugees and asylum - seekers students surveyed experienced discrimination from university staff.42 The discrimination and xenophobic attitudes serve as a barrier to the admission of refugees and asylum - seekers.

«We should be looking at any inconsistencies that can serve as barriers to students» performing successfully on the test, as well as ensuring that material on tests correlates...

TFA, suitably representative of the liberal education reform more generally, underwrites, intentionally or not, the conservative assumptions of the education reform movement: that teacher's unions serve as barriers to quality education; that testing is the best way to assess quality education; that educating poor children is best done by institutionalizing them; that meritocracy is an end - in - itself; that social class is an unimportant variable in education reform; that education policy is best made by evading politics proper; and that faith in public school teachers is misplaced.

Quality control happens at the state - level through rules, regulations, and guidelines, but this can serve as a barrier to innovation.

The low college graduation rate for Latinx students serves as a barrier to increasing the number of Latinx teachers.

However, the red tape, expense, and regulations involved in working with the FHA made it impractical for many banks to lend and served as a barrier to homeownership for many low - to moderate - income borrowers.

[16] And TNR not only reduces the risk of transmission from domestic animals to humans, but also serves as a barrier between wildlife and humans.

Not only does it help to maintain their bodies environment by helping to prevent the loss of moisture, it also serves as a barrier against parasites, the elements, and infections.

3 - It serves as a barrier between the active ingredients and rain or water.

While flatulence is often presented as a humorous topic, it also serves as a barrier to the human animal bond.

The purpose of this fence is serve as barrier for the kicked litter.

The other purpose is to serve as a barrier to block kicked litter from going onto the floor or Ramp.

Slightly to the northwest lay the Beartooth Mountains, whose rocky face serves as a barrier wall separating the flat stretches of the Big Horn Basin from Yellowstone and its geysers.

If anything, that serves as a barrier to further card adoption, and you'd think the bank would be eager to get its customers using more Citibank cards.

This is great for people that have followed the BlazBlue series since its initial inception, but it may serve as a barrier to entry for those people that don't know the series that well.

Steve, many of the measures that can be taken have negative cost — that is they actually save money — but require an upfront investment that serves as a barrier to implementation.

We emphasize the complexities of these types of relationships to: (1) recognize the heterogeneity of gendered and generational perspectives within and across communities, (2) acknowledge the possibilities of productive discussions that place diverse ontological and epistemological conceptualizations of human - environmental dynamics together, (3) challenge top - down solutions, institutional norms, and bureaucratic restrictions that may serve as barriers to best practices, and (4) identify multimedia and internet - based outputs that can serve both local and researcher constituents.

High capital costs, low human capital, weak institutional quality, long times required to develop robust legal and regulatory frameworks, and proliferation concerns of nuclear fuel also serve as barriers to the adoption of nuclear technology on the continent.

You should think carefully before signing such a document and consult an attorney before signing since these documents can later serve as barrier to a successful lawsuit.

They typically set out to identify anything serving as a barrier to healing and may prescribe any number of herbal or hormonal supplements, or provide referrals to other specialists.

For many who can not afford legal counsel court filing fees serve as another barrier to access to justice.

This helps to identify you and serves as a barrier to fraud, so it is really for your protection.

It serves as a barrier to radiation, solar exposure, and the critical chemical hazards on the planetary surface.