Example sentences of "[noun pl] acted as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she died in 1709 , two Dukes and four Peers acted as pall bearers at her funeral which was held at St. Nicholas , the parish church . |
| 2 | Gone are the days when a set of weak states acted as enticement to the invasion of European Russia by outside powers . |
| 3 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 4 | A different illustration is provided by the collaboration in 1983–84 between the ILEA and the London Institute of Education , in which one of the former 's advisory teachers acted as placement tutor for six students from the emotional/behavioural difficulties option of the latter 's Diploma Course . |
| 5 | In the late nineteenth century , minerals acted as lead sectors for other aspects of economic growth , encouraging migration , urbanization , and cash-cropping in large regions of the world . |
| 6 | It has been argued on a small amount of evidence from Britain and a greater quantity from Gaul , that most civitates were divided into constituent pagi , or rural areas , and that small towns acted as pagus centres . |
| 7 | In the buildings with a number of storeys they frequently used a different order on each storey , whilst the columns were lined up one above the other and the entablatures acted as string courses . |