Example sentences of "[noun] can act [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pun can act in a similar way to metaphor , pointing to a coalescence of concepts normally distinct . |
| 2 | Think too about drainage from paved areas at the bottom flight ; in wet weather the steps can act as a small waterfall . |
| 3 | It appears that certain people have a predisposition to develop Reiter 's disease and it is possible that the organism responsible for NGU can act as a ‘ trigger ’ which sets off the inflammatory process . |
| 4 | AN EARLY casualty of the Gulf war has been the idea that the European Community can act as a unified power . |
| 5 | The teacher can act as a narrator , telling the story thus far . |
| 6 | Conclusions from the Dragon Project suggest that in some cases the stone circle can act as a ‘ shield ’ from outside energies . |
| 7 | Office of Innovation facilitators can act as a guide for those involved with innovation . |
| 8 | Psychology usually assumes that psychologists can act in a neutral way . |
| 9 | As soon as this happens the oligonucleotide can act as a primer for DNA polymerase and is extended to form a new double stranded molecule . |
| 10 | ( See also Holland and Forbes ( 1982 a , b ) , who provide further evidence to suggest that the CS-evoked representation of an event can act as a substitute for the event itself . ) |
| 11 | Literally , any event can act as a trigger . |
| 12 | Finally , the Commission can act as a focal point for the spreading of innovatory experience throughout the Community . |
| 13 | This has led to the proposal that CaMKII can act as a form of molecular memory , recording the occurrence of a previous Ca 2+ transient . |
| 14 | It shows that the nature of political power in capitalist societies is very different under monopoly capitalism than under liberal capitalism , and it indicates that the state can act as a political force in its own right against both capital and labour . |
| 15 | But genes can act at a distance ; extended phenotypes can extend a long way . |
| 16 | Health professionals can act as a resource on adoption issues . |
| 17 | But even if Kants idea of a unitary space is granted , it is still not entirely clear how places in such a space can act as a principle of individuation . |
| 18 | Moreover , music can act as a form for the expression of satire or mocking protest when such expression may be neither possible nor wise in other more direct ways . |
| 19 | Each type of program can act as a gateway to learning as well as a barrier in the process of learning . |
| 20 | For example , heparin can act as a competitive inhibitor but its usefulness for studies on intact cells is lessened because it may also inhibit the generation of InsP 3 . |
| 21 | Youth training can act as a form of ‘ moral rescue ’ from the penalty of unemployment , in which trainees perceive their transition into training itself as a form of moral superiority : |
| 22 | The outstanding financial success of the Paris-Lyons TGV has convinced the French that investment in high speed railways can act as a powerful catalyst for development , and there has been fierce competition between the cities of the North to attract the new line . |
| 23 | The plan of this chapter is to review the main issues in the study of vision and then to consider how far what we have learned about the visual system can act as a model for understanding how other perceptual mechanisms work . |
| 24 | This kind of software can act as a visual aid or electronic blackboard and enables the teacher to present dynamic , colourful and complex images creating a more powerful and exciting lesson . |
| 25 | According to their argument , above a certain level greater welfare benefits can act as a work disincentive , encouraging people to remain below the poverty line and be supported by the state rather than by their own efforts , which would have to be the case if benefits were lower . |
| 26 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the ability of employers to take out injunctions to prevent unofficial strike action and the ability of the courts to sequester the funds of unions that ignore such injunctions can act as a very firm and much-needed last line of defence against industrial anarchy ? |
| 27 | ‘ Untreated cows can act as a potential source of infection to cows that are n't infected and may go on to develop clinical mastitis . ’ |
| 28 | This condition provides that a consignment note can act as a receipt but under contract law should not be taken as ‘ evidence of the condition or of the correctness of the declared nature , quantity , or weight of the Consignment at the time it is received by the Carrier ’ . |
| 29 | In order to provide evidence for the view that the context can act as a retrieval cue ( or exert conditional control over an association ) , it is necessary , as a first step , to demonstrate context-specificity using the control procedures recommended by Lovibond et al . |
| 30 | One advantage of accepting this conclusion is that it provides , with its assumption that the context can act as a retrieval cue , a ready account of the various contextual effects discussed in this chapter and in Chapter 3 . |