Example sentences of "[not/n't] act as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our data would support this hypothesis but also suggest that bile does not act as a simple genotoxic carcinogen for , although the intragastric bile concentrations found after truncal vagotomy were higher than those found after highly selective vagotomy ( Fig 3 ) , there was no correlation between bile concentrations and DNA adduct levels ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 2 | From the available evidence , it seems fair to conclude that the typical legal sanction against corporate crime does not act as a general deterrent — others are not put off merely because some corporations and their executives have been fined , particularly when the fines are comparatively small and tax-deductable — and the evidence , such as it is , suggests that a specific deterrent function may operate , but only to deter corporations from recommitting the same offence . |
| 3 | A person is guilty of contributory negligence if he ought reasonably to have foreseen that , if he did not act as a reasonable , prudent man , he might be hurt himself ; and in his reckonings he must take into account the possibility of others being careless ( Denning LJ in Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [ 1952 ] 2 QB 608 ) . |
| 4 | Under U.S. law , an ocean freight forwarder can not act as a common carrier or as an agent for such a carrier and thus can not be a NVOCC . |
| 5 | The administration itself is of course no monolith and does not act as a single bloc , pursuing its interests whatever they may be . |
| 6 | The natural meaning of that term is ‘ not acting as a reasonable local authority would act , ’ as opposed to ‘ behaviour so unreasonable that no reasonable authority would countenance it ’ . |