Sentence examples of "служили" in Russian with translation "be"

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Мы с Клэем служили в морской пехоте. Clay was a Marine with me.
В приемной семье волосы служили мне комнатой. In the foster home, my hair was my room.
Значит, в России вы служили в ВДВ? So, you were VDV in the Russian Army?
Те СМИ, которые служили оплотом протестов, стали закрывать. They began to shut down the media that the protests were happening on.
Может, они и служили в Ночном Дозоре, но теперь - нет. They might have been Night's Watch once, not anymore.
Однако, ни банковская, ни легальная система не служили препятствием на этой стадии развития. However, neither the bank system nor the legal system were actually impediments at this stage of development.
Мне сказали, сир, что вы служили при дворе Карла Великого, который я также посетил. I have been told, sire, that you served at the court of the emperor Charlemagne, which I have also visited.
Такой исход был бы хорошим концом доминированию Алемана и Ортеги, которые плохо служили Никарагуа. Such an outcome would be a welcome end to the dominance of Alemán and Ortega, who have served Nicaraguans poorly.
До сих пор испытания новых ракет, военные учения и угрожающие речи служили хорошими сдерживающими средствами. Missile tests, PLA military exercises and threatening rhetoric have been sufficient deterrents until now.
Эти воздушные замки, скорее, развлекали, чем убеждали британскую левую и регулярно служили Times предметом для сатиры. Their castles in the sky amused rather than influenced the British left, and were satirised repeatedly in The Times.
Для древних египтян колени служили платформой, на которую клали земное имущество умершего - 30 кубитов от стопы до колена. For the ancient Egyptians the lap was a platform upon which to place the earthly possessions of the dead - 30 cubits from foot to knee.
Поляки- отважные воины, многие из них служили в царской армии, участвовали в военных действиях в Закавказье и Турции. The Poles are doughty warriors, and many served in the tsarist army and took part in military operations in Transcaucasia and Turkey.
С другой стороны, история также показала, что традиции часто изобретают для того, чтобы они служили интересам господствующих классов. Then again, history has also shown that traditions are often invented to serve the interests of ruling classes.
С 1967 года ворота Магариба служили подъездным мостом к Храмовой Горе для всех немасульман — евреев, христиан, туристов и прочих. Since 1967, the Mughrabi gate has been the access bridge to the Temple Mount for all non-Muslims — Jews, Christians, tourists and others.
Публиковавшиеся в периодике статьи аудиторских компаний служили полезным источником информации и своего рода практическими указаниями по осуществлению МСУ/МСФО. The periodical articles of auditing companies were a useful source of information and a kind of practical guideline for the implementation of IAS/IFRS.
"Есть такое чувство, что мы хотим, чтобы наши жизни означали нечто большее и чтобы организации служили большему благу", сказал он. "There is the feeling that we want our lives to mean something more and to run organizations for the greater good," he said.
Ну, я о том, что вы с Томом служили во флоте, и что вы, ребята, сблизились, но все же потом оба женились. You know, uh, you being in the Navy with Tom and, uh, you guys keeping in touch, even though you were both married.
Забота о своих сотрудниках, многие из которых служили в трудных и опасных районах мира, должна занимать видное место в повестке дня Комитета. Caring for its staff, many of whom had served in difficult and perilous spots across the globe, should be high on the Committee's agenda.
И в этой атмосфере, где едиственными указазателями служили ценности людей и их благородное дело, то, чего им удалось достичь, можно назвать историческим. And in this atmosphere, where the only guidance was people's values and their noble cause, what this group accomplished was historic.
Кроме того, важно, чтобы политические руководители служили примером честности, неподкупности и самоуважения и побуждали органы управления всех уровней к подражанию их примеру. In addition, it is important that the political leadership set an example of probity, integrity and self-esteem and encourage emulation by government at all levels.
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