Example sentences of "[noun pl] and act [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state has actively sought to develop tourism , both to attract foreign visitors and to act as a counter-magnet to holidays abroad for Britons . |
| 2 | However , at relatively limited cost , garden festivals have helped to renew derelict sites and to act as a focus for development . |
| 3 | to find out the needs of parents of children under five and work with them to help facilitate those needs , … to help parents help their children acquire useful skills and act as a bridge between home and school , … and to increase a shared community spirit and foster an attitude of sharing and support between parents and other parents in the local neighbourhood , alongside the paid professionals and voluntary agencies . |
| 4 | This serves to further illustrate the mentality of past ages and acts as a means of measuring our own cognitive processes in relationship to those of that time . |
| 5 | This project worked with existing community groups in the area , helping to set up new groups and acting as a resource for community action . |
| 6 | It was still fulfilling its traditional functions of looking after overseas governments and acting as a purchasing agency for them — and indeed it did administer World Bank and British Government overseas development loans . |
| 7 | The forum exists to facilitate a coherent expression of the needs of families and to act as a pressure group to improve provision for them . |
| 8 | These included a computer programming course and an Open-Access course ( aimed at ethnic minorities and acting as a bridge into higher education ) . |
| 9 | Ahmed : Being in at least two oppressed ‘ specific interest ’ groups we were able to mediate differences and act as a bridge between the two when necessary . |
| 10 | * Use reference books , to help you understand your mistakes and to act as a guide ( see p. 118 ) . |
| 11 | The Field Officers provide advice and information , monitor the provision of modules and act as a link between the centres and SCOTVEC ; |
| 12 | Adjudicates resource disputes between individual services and acts as a clearing house for individual service proposals . |
| 13 | The Survival level packs will offer words and phrases in bilingual editions and act as a phrasebook , dictionary and aide-memoire . |
| 14 | As in the opening stages of the civil war in Croatia , the army says it has intervened to protect its soldiers and facilities and act as a buffer between warring sides . |