Example sentences of "[pers pn] act as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my activities outside HTV , approved of by the company , is that I act as a consultant to a communication company and help to train industrialists , business executives and trade union officials who want to come to terms with the necessary techniques of appearing on television . |
| 2 | ‘ She was a voluntary resident at one of the hospitals where I act as a consultant . ’ |
| 3 | I should make it clear at the outset that I act as a parliamentary consultant to the Professional Association of Teachers and that much of what I shall say tonight will be based on the practical experience of PAT members . |
| 4 | An area representative is a volunteer , just like everybody here in this audience today , and I act as a link between the branches and headquarters , working with the area organiser but representing the branches , for me personally in Sussex . |
| 5 | ‘ If you act as a rubber stamp you can not also expect to be taken seriously as a watchdog . ’ |
| 6 | We act as a kind of general staff in the war against crime , and we co-ordinate , if we do n't exactly control , the activities of all police forces in the country , particularly when they involve liaison with other services or government departments . |
| 7 | And to ensure that we act as a group and not just a collection of separate offices . |
| 8 | Used properly they act as a contraceptive and can protect you from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 9 | First , they act as a standard against which the results of other tests ( below ) can be measured . |
| 10 | They act as a standby for each other and can call the third diver if required . |
| 11 | Used properly they act as a contraceptive and can protect you from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 12 | They act as a bond between people through providing amusement or an experience shared and believed to be held in common . |
| 13 | Contrary to the popular belief , the hands do not hit the ball ; they act as a hinge . |
| 14 | We may as well use these same descriptions even if there is no intention of shooting movies from detailed scripts , because they act as a useful discipline when we are shooting any kind of material . |
| 15 | They act as a barrier , holding in moisture . |
| 16 | In winter they act as a safety valve when the two straight bordering rivers , dug in the seventeenth century by a Dutchman , Cornelius Vermuyden , become swollen with rain and overflow . |
| 17 | According to Scott they occupy a ‘ contradictory class location ’ between labour and capital , but essentially they act as a service or lieutenant class for business leaders . |
| 18 | They act as a powerful aphrodisiac on pigs , and synthesised versions of them are sprayed onto sows to make them receptive before artificial insemination . |
| 19 | they act as a focal point for action and coordination |
| 20 | They act as a counter balance to the national and global news conveyed by the major publishing empires . |
| 21 | you go or the person who has been hypnotized so that in the most extreme cases , as we know , the hypnotized person lapses into a kind of trance , whether a kind of sleeping automaton with no ego and their decisions are now being made for them by the hypnotist who tells them what do to and they , they act as a kind of a , a puppet as if their ego ha has been turned off al al al altogether and clearly there 's a parallel here with what Freud 's going on in the group . |
| 22 | Past cases are only helpful in so far as they act as a guide and some of the main points arising from them are discussed below . |
| 23 | They act as a complement to his large works which are responses to a progressive environmental catastrophe . |
| 24 | They act as a . |
| 25 | They act as a sort of relay system . |