Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] act as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led into a couple of summers acting as a professional lifesaver during summer vacations from Sheffield University . |
| 2 | RUFs can take two forms : either a single bank acts as a placing agent and arranges for a group of banks to underwrite an issue on a revolving basis ; or a group of banks act as a tender panel for the placement of the notes . |
| 3 | Quite quickly Horton enlisted the help of friends to act as an embryo staff for the new project , and soon after a sponsor was found to donate the use of her buildings in a rural area of Southern Appalachia . |
| 4 | He added that there might be a sufficient pool of volunteers to act as a new breed of ‘ civil justices ’ . |
| 5 | The process of persuasion also happens in time , making use of narrative and plot with enthymemes acting as a kind of beginning , or first event . |
| 6 | Clearly , the range of frequencies over which a potential divider constructed solely from resistors acts as a satisfactory attenuator is restricted . |
| 7 | Where previously the hiatus between sections acted as an invitation for the reader to cross-relate them , Pynchon now gives individual captions to episodes which emphasize their local autonomy and which attenuate plot continuity almost out of existence . |
| 8 | Thirdly , recruitment through employees acts as a form of control since responsibilities and obligations hold between workers so recruited : for if the sponsored antagonizes the employer , the reputation of the sponsor himself will be damaged ; thus , the new worker is constrained by the interests and reputation of his sponsor . |
| 9 | Cats tend to be attracted to electrical appliances , but a sprinkling of shredded orange or lemon peel around appliances acts as a repellent . |