Example sentences of "continue to act [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 However , it can be assumed that the political difficulties experienced within China over recent years continue to act as a barrier to any possible growth .
2 Solicitors will not need to be reminded that for them to continue to act despite a conflict of interest is a breach of their duty to the court .
3 Where a person continues to act as a solicitor having failed to comply with these requirements he commits an offence under s20 of the Solicitors Act .
4 The Company continued to act as a trading agency for Commemorative Promotions Ltd during the year .
5 Combined with the drastically increased level of control and repression , the size of the Führer 's mass following continued to act as a deterrent to further thoughts of active resistance .
6 But the commune continued to act as a major obstacle to the emergence of any substantial stratum of better-off peasants .
7 During 1657 they continued to act as a disruptive element , Martha Simmonds being seen as their leader , but by 1658 she was reconciled with the main Quaker movement .
8 He said : ‘ I realise I have been the bane of certain UKCC officers ’ lives and I hope that if I am elected I will continue to act as a grain of sand in the oyster .
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