Example sentences of "acted as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much must also depend on the , as yet unknown , date of the constitution of the civitas Carvetiorum , for which it has been claimed that Carlisle acted as a capital . |
| 2 | Whilst the ambiguity and allusiveness of late 19th century sculpture was firmly rooted in the representation of the human figure the ( point of contact between the two exhibitions ) which acted as a metaphor for emotion , that of Chadwick or Wilding goes beyond that so that the human body is alluded to indirectly , as a train of associations rather than direct mimetic referent . |
| 3 | Rather , the augmented backing acted as a springboard for his caustic , daring , riveting improvisations , more than ever he was the man in the spotlight . |
| 4 | I was upset because I was proud to play for Scotland but the crowd 's reaction only acted as a spur . |
| 5 | Although nothing came of this particular incident , it acted as a spur to non-traditional methods of archaeological research : dowsing , use of the divining rod and geomagnetic surveying . |
| 6 | The idea of Kevin 's rewarding him for his prowess with a real lunch somewhere acted as a spur to Jasper , but he did not really need a spur . |
| 7 | Perhaps Lehmann 's confidence in his work acted as a spur . |
| 8 | But it was perhaps in the great days of immigration that the station acted as a centre of awareness for the existing population viewing their new fellow citizens , and for the immigrants discovering the no less real inequalities of their adopted country . |
| 9 | You had only to look at holiday romances , she told herself , or shipboard affairs , to know that unfamiliar surroundings and propinquity acted as a hothouse , a forcing ground for unrealistic situations . |
| 10 | The negative coefficient on inflation in ( 2.4 ) implies the plausible result that the high levels of domestic inflation experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s acted as a disincentive to investment within the UK . |
| 11 | For instance , Newtonian assumptions that all events are causally determined by the operation of forces and causal laws acted as a paradigm in both senses . |
| 12 | In the short run the Palestinian revolution acted as a magnet for those Lebanese , mainly Muslims , who wanted to redefine Lebanon 's identity in terms of pan-Arab nationalism and as a focus of hostility for those , mainly Maronite Christians , who feared just such a process . |
| 13 | From the time that I was about eight , the Boxing Booth acted as a magnet to me and I spent a considerable time gazing in awe as the boxers paraded on the small stage outside the tent , ready to take on all corners . |
| 14 | There could be no more vivid illustration of the manner in which the railway station acted as a magnet for all the vehicles of its locality . |
| 15 | The city also acted as a magnet for humbler folk , those single persons and young families who hoped to improve their fortunes by moving into York in search of work and a more comfortable home . |
| 16 | The rectangular piece of perspex which acted as a windscreen , provided little if any protection from the cold wind which was currently hitting him at sixty miles an hour . |
| 17 | On the extreme northern end of the park a stream some 20 feet ( 6 metres ) wide acted as a rabbit barrier along that side . |
| 18 | Second , the discovery of mineral resources and the consequent development of metallurgical industries in Transbaikal and the Altai demanded more manpower than could be met from the local populations , and hence acted as a loadstone for the attraction of the necessary personnel to work them , in the form of both voluntary and forced labour . |
| 19 | Pakistan acted as a link between SEATO and CENTO , while Turkey performed the same function between CENTO and NATO . |
| 20 | The neighbourhood ( for which physical limits may be assigned ) acted as a base for a group but , often , these groups could be more accurately defined by housing and class interests than purely by locality . |
| 21 | Partly because those who served in garrisons had to be ready to serve in the field when required ( for a castle acted as a base where soldiers could remain when not in the field , and from which they could control the countryside around by mounted raids within a radius of , say , a dozen miles ) , partly because of an increasing difficulty in securing active support from the nobility and gentry for the war in France , English armies at the end of the war sometimes included a greater ratio of archers to men-at-arms than ever before , sometimes 7:1 or even 10:1 , rather than the more usual 3:1 under Henry V and the parity of archers to men-at-arms normally found in the second half of the fourteenth century . |
| 22 | In and near Moscow are a number of other monasteries and churches built between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries , all of Byzantine character but displaying individually Russian features particularly in the domes and the stepped ogee , triangular and rounded shell formations ( called kokoshniki ) which topped the main building and acted as a base for the tower or cupola drums . |
| 23 | In later years Barcelona and the region to the north formed part of the kingdom of Arragon , and acted as a buffer against Saracen invasions into the rest of Europe . |
| 24 | The colonies in turn acted as a buffer in the ups and downs of trade . |
| 25 | Hayling was still not a formal member of the group starting the paper , but he was getting more and more interested , and in his official GLC capacity acted as a go-between between the paper and GLEB , smoothing over the difficulties and piloting the paper round bureaucratic pit-falls . |
| 26 | The Rev. William Harper , who has championed the pensioners ' cause , acted as a go-between for the couple , who do not wish to be named . |
| 27 | Over one hundred youngsters benefited from the day , which acted as a pilot event for an innovative new programme designed by Mercedes-Benz and the Lawn Tennis Association Trust to provide selected schools throughout the country with the opportunity to receive expert tuition from world class tennis players . |
| 28 | At each end of the centre or top of the stetch he placed a hazel-stick , taken from the hedge and peeled so that the white pith acted as a sight for drawing his first furrow . |
| 29 | Lastly it is probable that Rochester acted as a service centre for the comparatively large number of villas situated in the surrounding countryside . |
| 30 | Although judges were appointed by the authorities at the remaining levels ( circuit courts , judicial tribunals , and the Senate , which acted as a court of appeal ) , they could be dismissed only if they broke the law themselves . |