Example sentences of "acts [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Dr Raistrick has pointed out , of 386 Enclosure Acts for the West Riding , less than twenty are for the enclosure of open fields only . |
| 2 | In such a case the mortgagee acts for the benefit of the equity of redemption as much as for that of the security . |
| 3 | 9.9 Exclusion of use warranty Nothing in this Lease or in any consent granted by the Landlord under this Lease shall imply or warrant that the Premises may lawfully be used under the Planning Acts for the purpose authorised in this Lease ( or any purpose subsequently authorised ) It is for the tenant to ensure that there is a lawful planning permission in existence consenting to the use for which the tenant proposes to put the premises . |
| 4 | Keeping your eye on court lists can also tell you something about the firms appearing and if a firm consistently acts for the plaintiff against health authorities you can be fairly sure that their specialism lies in medical negligence . |
| 5 | In the ‘ proprietary ’ type , the agent acts for the airline whose name appears pre-printed in the air waybill . |
| 6 | For one thing , there is a tremendous amount of scrubland nearby — especially on the flanks of the Cheddar Gorge — and this acts as a reservoir for foxes . |
| 7 | The esoteric tradition relates that all physical , moral and psychic energy patterns emitted throughout time are imprinted in this sub-strate or background of primordial ‘ pre-matter ’ , which acts as a reservoir of information and is referred to as ‘ the first stadium in the evolution of matter ’ . |
| 8 | It seems to me that anorexia nervosa acts as a metaphor for all the problems of adolescence . |
| 9 | This plasmid contains a ‘ telomeric cassette ’ of two 0.5 kbp telomeric DNA fragments in opposing orientations flanking the kan r gene which acts as a stuffer fragment and selectable marker . |
| 10 | The alcohol acts as a co-surfactant , partitioning between the micelle layer and the bulk solvent . |
| 11 | And this , as once again Wollheim argues , though it may not lead to action like that in the representation , acts as a lure to the formation of fresh dispositions to act — of fresh desires . |
| 12 | Rather , the story acts as a framework for a series of ornamental tours de force . |
| 13 | Reforms aimed at refashioning the welfare state , so that it acts as a floor on which the underclass can build by their own efforts , rather than a ceiling through which it is impossible for them to pass , are considered in Part IV . |
| 14 | In the image the tribe acts as a unit only when people need it , and at all other times it is only a possibility , a concept in their minds . |
| 15 | The liquids obtained by both these methods of preparation are then diluted with an equal volume of brandy , which acts as a preservative . |
| 16 | As trustees we have a responsibility to respect the natural world , which acts as a constraint on even our need to pollute it to keep costs down . |
| 17 | But the caveat that was applied to affection applies even more strongly to status : it only acts as a constraint in settings where criminal activity is generally unfavourably evaluated . |
| 18 | In all of these cases — anxiety , blood pressure , or psychotic temperament — the underlying trait , as well as describing differences between people , also acts as a disposition to the appropriate dysfunction to which it contributes . |
| 19 | Adjudicates resource disputes between individual services and acts as a clearing house for individual service proposals . |
| 20 | At present , the region acts as a clearing house and Lothian region gives the college a great deal of autonomy . |
| 21 | She is critical of Ogden 's assertion that ‘ women diet because they hate themselves ’ , instead speculatively suggesting that since ‘ fashion acts as a vehicle for fantasy ’ , women may be motivated by ‘ self-love ’ rather than ‘ self-hate ’ to diet . |
| 22 | Roadburg surmises that adolescent gang violence against persons and property is common to both societies , but that soccer acts as a vehicle of expression for deprived or disaffected youth in Britain in a way which is not possible in America . |
| 23 | It also acts as a vehicle for the Beefeater manager to structure career development . |
| 24 | It also acts as a standby in case of breakdown elsewhere in the brewery . |
| 25 | It therefore acts as a springboard to freedom . |
| 26 | Individual work can be catered for by drill and practice programs and pupils who have advanced beyond others or who have a problem in class , may move aside to the microcomputer and go through a program which acts as a revision aid or reinforcement medium . |
| 27 | Nor do I feel compelled to depart from that conclusion by the fact that , under the present practice , a local authority which acts as a relator in a relator action is required to give an undertaking in damages even though it is so proceeding in order to enforce the law in the public interest . |
| 28 | The Japanese company Casio , which developed the TV , has also made two novel wristwatches : one acts as a thermometer ; the other translates English into spanish and vice-versa from a dictionary of 1711 words . |
| 29 | Each node acts as a name for the set of examples near it . |
| 30 | Each OR symbol acts as a name for the set of symbols { P , Q , R , … } on the right sides of its productions . |