Example sentences of "act as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report , prepared by the consulting group Segal Quince Wicksteed of Cambridge , says that international facilities can boost the long-term economic fortunes of companies that supply them with equipment and services , act as a magnet for other high-technology companies and generally raise the public profile of science . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Here a skyscraper could rise to its full glory , act as a gateway from the west , take advantage of undeveloped land , and be reflected Manhattan-style in a widening river . |
| 4 | Economic forces act as a check on political power and promote the greatest good of the greatest number . |
| 5 | Not only do notes provide a record that can be referred to , but they also act as a check on how well you are listening . |
| 6 | They also act as a badge of ownership , particularly to other males of the same species . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Hops , brought to Britain in the 15th century by Dutch brewers , not only add bitterness and aroma but also act as a preservative and prevent infections in the brew . |
| 9 | Hops on the vine : the oils in the hop give bitterness to beer and also act as a preservative against infection |
| 10 | The country will , in effect , act as a banker , paying for new stations and being paid off from revenue over about three years . |
| 11 | It is hoped that the following chapters , contributed by an international team of acknowledged experts in their own field of scholarship , will help to counter the peripheralization from which Siberian historiography has partly suffered in the west , will illuminate and underline both the importance and the fascination of Siberia 's role in Russian history , and also act as a stimulus to further research and publication in this relatively neglected area . |
| 12 | Input signal from the micro goes to DAC1 , the scale factor being written to DAC2 which , in this configuration , act as a divider to modify the output by the scale factor input from the micro . |
| 13 | A dog — or better still — a gaggle of geese not only act as a deterrent to a prowler , but also provide an excellent ‘ alarm ’ . |
| 14 | Spadefoot toads have a number of anti-predator tactics , one of which is to inflate the lungs and hence the body , which may fool the snake into thinking the toad is larger than it really is and act as a deterrent . |
| 15 | When the product is released many times to different clients , specific ‘ issues ’ act as a cross-reference delineating the relationship between the product and the client . |
| 16 | ‘ We discuss the benefits of greyness as it relates to our lives , ’ we explained , ‘ and also act as a support network for those who feel embarrassed at going grey . |
| 17 | The wort sugars act as a nutrient for the yeast which devours them . |
| 18 | To possess someone in the mind is to be saved from a brutal repudiation in reality , and instead to love the ethereal , which can neither disappoint nor satisfy , but only act as a goad . |
| 19 | AT&T Co says it is studying a device that would turn an ordinary television set into a terminal that could call up films , shows and information or act as a video telephone , but it insisted that it is only in the prototype phase and denied a Los Angeles Times story that a field test of the technology would be announced next month ; it would neither confirm nor deny that it is teaming up with BellSouth Corp and Viacom International Inc in the interactive television work . |
| 20 | Secondly , there is a need to facilitate the finance of other objectives of economic policy such as fulfilling the objectives of the SEA , and act as a handmaiden to growth both inside and outside the EC . |
| 21 | These resources should be open ended and act as a facilitator to support the child 's efforts , similar to those described by Bell and Best ( 1986 ) , which are content free and can be applied in many contexts . |
| 22 | I do n't wish to take this analogy any further but if the teacher-research movement can succeed in raising the profile of research in everyday teaching , I am sure that it would lead to not only an improvement in the status of teachers but also act as a spur to research itself . |
| 23 | They have been beaten finalists on three occasions and the setbacks now act as a spur to the present squad . |
| 24 | First , they act as a standard against which the results of other tests ( below ) can be measured . |
| 25 | Unless firm steps are taken , the traditional residents of inner city areas are likely to become even more peripheral to mainstream national life and act as a drain on national economic growth rather than a resource contributing to it . |
| 26 | That 's a very big question , and in fact we 're trying now to with the co-operation of the British Counsel , who act as a recruiting agent for our purposes , erm to conduct a survey , a sort of customer survey , of the kind of acceptance our problem has had . |
| 27 | They act as a bond between people through providing amusement or an experience shared and believed to be held in common . |
| 28 | Use a ridge-filler to even out nails , act as a base coat for polish or simply give nails a chic natural-looking gloss . |
| 29 | It is not clear whether this motivation arises from a pragmatic desire to influence other people in order to achieve common objectives , or whether social interactions act as a catalyst for the child 's intrinsic curiosity about language as a system for communicating with other people . |
| 30 | The influencer may , for instance , change the purchase objective , or act as a catalyst to render the original purchase motivation more practical or feasible . |