Example sentences of "can [verb] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be hung on a classroom wall and it can double as a speaker for audio machines . |
| 2 | Preferably swathed in a scarf which can double as a belt , a bikini top — or even as a scarf . |
| 3 | The carrycots can double as a bed un the first few months , which is ideal if you 're staying away overnight , but make sure that the cot does n't get damp from rain during the day . |
| 4 | She also points out the importance of the older person having some privacy however dependent he or she becomes , with a room that can double as a sitting room and includes , if possible , TV , electric kettle , cups , and so on , so that there is an independent place to be . |
| 5 | My Lord we 've assumed as a matter of English law that I think the counterclaim can arise as a set off , but the other matters are a matter of community law |
| 6 | Misunderstandings can arise as a result of this , when , for example , teachers see children who are able to run about in the playground with confidence , but seem unable to discriminate printed letters in their reading books . |
| 7 | So none of the experiments take account of the possible errors and ambiguities that can arise as a result of processing the acoustic waveform by the acoustic-phonetic front-end . |
| 8 | But a loss of control by a constitutional government may not immediately deprive it of its status , whereas an insurgent regime will require to establish control before it can exist as a government . |
| 9 | In effect , this occurs by what we can regard as a self-timing of the system . |
| 10 | This condition provides that a consignment note can act as a receipt but under contract law should not be taken as ‘ evidence of the condition or of the correctness of the declared nature , quantity , or weight of the Consignment at the time it is received by the Carrier ’ . |
| 11 | For external audits identify someone within your firm who can act as a contact point and be present throughout the audit . |
| 12 | First , it can act as a blueprint for the manufacture of amino acids ; and second , it has the capacity to replicate itself . |
| 13 | But even if Kants idea of a unitary space is granted , it is still not entirely clear how places in such a space can act as a principle of individuation . |
| 14 | The teacher can act as a narrator , telling the story thus far . |
| 15 | There is also a simple version of the circuit that can act as a trickle-charger for a car-type battery . |
| 16 | Each type of program can act as a gateway to learning as well as a barrier in the process of learning . |
| 17 | According to their argument , above a certain level greater welfare benefits can act as a work disincentive , encouraging people to remain below the poverty line and be supported by the state rather than by their own efforts , which would have to be the case if benefits were lower . |
| 18 | But if the tip-twitching becomes more powerful , then it can act as a clue that a swipe from a bad-tempered paw is imminent . |
| 19 | If deaf people 's link to the hearing world and to the information distributed by the hearing world is faulty , then unless they have recourse to a second hearing person who can act as a check they will be unaware of the faults of the first hearing signer . |
| 20 | The slapping block can also knock the incoming punch sideways , but the blocking hand must be retrieved as quickly as possible so that it can act as a guard . |
| 21 | Moreover , music can act as a form for the expression of satire or mocking protest when such expression may be neither possible nor wise in other more direct ways . |
| 22 | This has led to the proposal that CaMKII can act as a form of molecular memory , recording the occurrence of a previous Ca 2+ transient . |
| 23 | Youth training can act as a form of ‘ moral rescue ’ from the penalty of unemployment , in which trainees perceive their transition into training itself as a form of moral superiority : |
| 24 | These data indicate therefore that the octamer motif in HPV 16/18 can act as a target for repression by Oct-1 . |
| 25 | I agree that this scheme is significant not only because of what may be achieved for good in the north-west , but because it can act as a model for planning for other areas and for other denominations . |
| 26 | The plan of this chapter is to review the main issues in the study of vision and then to consider how far what we have learned about the visual system can act as a model for understanding how other perceptual mechanisms work . |
| 27 | Literally , any event can act as a trigger . |
| 28 | Avoid food and drink ( particularly tea and coffee ) last thing at night as these can act as a stimulant . |
| 29 | ‘ There are areas in which we can act as a sounding board in general business issues and where the accountant ca n't ’ said . |
| 30 | ( See also Holland and Forbes ( 1982 a , b ) , who provide further evidence to suggest that the CS-evoked representation of an event can act as a substitute for the event itself . ) |