Example sentences of "of [noun] acts [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In several ways this loss of hope acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy . |
| 2 | This lack of vocabulary acts as a further barrier to discussing code switching in any detail with linguistically naive members of the community . |
| 3 | A further piece of chipboard acts as a fascia to disguise the ceiling fixtures |
| 4 | An action for breach of confidence acts as a further incentive to prevent the company or an individual on his own account from breaching Chinese Walls . |
| 5 | The drop of water acts as a lens . |
| 6 | The writer of this book has to confess that so far he has been so hidebound by tradition that he has not yet brought himself to write key-signatures for the horns , but he admits that the only argument in favour of this is that the lack of signature acts as a guide to the conductor 's eye in spotting the horn parts in the score . |
| 7 | The special attraction of wool is that the presence of lanolin acts as a powerful unconscious reminder of the mother 's belly . |
| 8 | A kind of numbness acts as a shell against not only death itself , but against all the implications of loss that go with it . |