Example sentences of "[noun] can [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think too about drainage from paved areas at the bottom flight ; in wet weather the steps can act as a small waterfall . |
| 2 | However , a domestic , if not entirely domestically-controlled , electronics industry can survive as a result of the stimulus given by foreign firms , as Grieco ( 1984 ) illustrates in the case of India 's struggle with IBM . |
| 3 | Stewart was a versatile artist ; painting was his lifelong passion and his pictures can serve as a guide to his career . |
| 4 | Sometimes a term can start as a condition , become a warranty and then revert to a condition . |
| 5 | Who is going to be responsible for physically dividing the space so that the sub-tenant can operate as a separate entity ? |
| 6 | The second proposal , therefore , is that variations in sensitivity may depend upon receptor heterogeneity ( Box 2 ) arising from the presence of different gene products , from alternative splicing or from post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation or autophosphorylation ( because the IP 3 R can function as a protein kinase ) . |
| 7 | This association means that primary gastric MALT lymphoma can develop as a second neoplasm or that other neoplasms can occur in both treated and untreated patients with gastric lymphoma . |
| 8 | Stern 's ironic and humane gaze can stand as a tiny but glowing symbol of everything that Britain gained from his generation of migrants . |
| 9 | What we already know of the Titfords can serve as a model : Charles the Cheesemonger in the late 18th century had 13 children , seven of whom died in infancy ; his grandson , Benjamin the Silversmith , had reduced the number of offspring to five , and would live to see all but one reach adulthood . |
| 10 | Thus , under certain circumstances intermediate good prices in the unintegrated sector can rise as a result of integration , and vertical merger can thereby cause a rise in final good prices . |
| 11 | Checklists can serve as a useful indicator of the extent to which human factors and ergonomic principles have been taken into account in a particular situation . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Apart from damage caused by trampling and erosion , more widespread and long-lasting degradation can occur as a result of recreation activities . |
| 14 | AN EARLY casualty of the Gulf war has been the idea that the European Community can act as a unified power . |
| 15 | The teacher can act as a narrator , telling the story thus far . |
| 16 | The student and the clinical teacher can work as a team , though not necessarily together . |
| 17 | Conclusions from the Dragon Project suggest that in some cases the stone circle can act as a ‘ shield ’ from outside energies . |
| 18 | Since the enzyme can function as a modification methylase at 30°C in vivo it must be assumed that this accomplished by the low level of in vitro activity that is observed . |
| 19 | Any birthday celebrations always seem to be over as swiftly as they begin , and the anticipation is probably just as important as the event itself , but a pressed flower picture can serve as a lovely memento . |
| 20 | Office of Innovation facilitators can act as a guide for those involved with innovation . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Yachting can survive as a spectator sport , but the participants owe it to future generations not to promote tobacco consumption as part of their lifestyle . |
| 23 | It is necessary to assume , for instance , that the complete absence of an event can function as a US ; that some mechanism exists whereby whatever association is formed during conditioning brings about a reduction in the magnitude of the unconditioned response ( i.e. the attentional response ) initially evoked by the stimulus that is trained as the CS . |
| 24 | ( 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 . ) |
| 25 | Literally , any event can act as a trigger . |
| 26 | There must be some evidence on which the court can find as a matter of probability that the injured person has established a claim for pain and suffering : here speculation is not enough . |
| 27 | In his early work we can see that Foucault 's position involves a remarkable development of Althusser 's hints that art can function as a privileged category that provides an ‘ internal distance ’ from ideology by relating histories , writing reports . |
| 28 | Accepting then that the material making up the mantle can behave as a viscous liquid , this raises an interesting possibility . |
| 29 | So the reported earnings of two otherwise identical firms can differ as a result of different accounting conventions . |
| 30 | If the mechanisms which Kandel has uncovered for the short-term processes of habituation and sensitization can serve as a model for short-term memory , what have they to say about long-term memory ? |