Example sentences of "act as [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Megaw LJ said that each of the parties desired to avoid the possibility that the other might challenge the opinion of the valuer because the parties had stipulated that the auditors should act as experts , and by doing so they had showed that they wanted a measure of certainty , accepting the risk , which applied either way , that the expert might err . |
| 2 | 6.3.1 Lawyers can act as experts |
| 3 | Thus we shall have to hand important concrete examples and theorems which will help motivate , and can act as test-cases in , our later development . |
| 4 | If stable over a longer period , the presence or absence of trimer structures at certain positions on a surface could act as bits of digital data . |
| 5 | Returning to my brief of animal intelligence , animals can and do act as members of a group against other conspecific groups . |
| 6 | In some of the most active maritime routes , such as in the North Atlantic and Baltic , the ocean bill has been largely replaced by sea waybills which are receipts of shipment and which can act as documents of title where the applicable law allows such a function . |
| 7 | For some time in social policy it has been appreciated that local administrations do not simply act as transmitters of national legislation and guidance . |
| 8 | However , one suggestion is that acquired human retroviruses ( such as HIV ) might act as superantigens , and that this property could contribute to the T-cell abnormalities they produce . |
| 9 | RFLPs can act as markers of differences between individuals at the gene level . |
| 10 | For instance events or situations in narrative poetry or prose can act as metaphors for a state of mind ; an obvious example would be descriptions of houses in Dickens or Balzac . |
| 11 | What if I give you to Arghatun , or to some other thousand commander , as a unit to fight together and act as scouts ? |
| 12 | Another approach to protecting the social element is to secure that there is an open and healthy political system through which citizens can act as watchdogs over their own social rights — this again highlights the importance of the political element of citizenship . |
| 13 | It seems that those you become closest to this year will act as teachers for you . |
| 14 | It was also agreed that Algeria and France would act as mediators in the peace process . |
| 15 | Perfumed soaps , bath foams or oils , talc and vaginal deodorants can all act as irritants to the delicate skin around the vagina and urethra , because of allergy or sensitivity , and act as triggers . |
| 16 | Group norms and values will act as constraints and even informal rules can be as rigid as formal rules . |
| 17 | Particular components of the atmosphere may act as catalysts ; speeding-up chemical reactions that would not otherwise occur so rapidly . |
| 18 | Other studies in Africa as a whole suggest that rural migrants may even act as catalysts in rural development . |
| 19 | The visitors would act as spokesmen and advisers for clergy who remain opposed to women priests and assist the archbishops in monitoring the arrangements made for them . |
| 20 | If so , — they can take the opportunity to learn about new teaching methods related to recently developed educational programmes such as CPVE and GCSE ; — they can shadow a senior manager to learn how headteachers and deputies deal with their problems of management ; — they can focus on particular curriculum areas , working with teachers to develop materials appropriate to their skills and experiences , e.g. electronics ; — they can act as consultants on a particular problem within the school , e.g. financial management ; — they can take the opportunity to " de-mystify " industry . |
| 21 | Indirect contact involves transmission by fomites ( inanimate objects in the environment such as clothing , bedclothes , crockery and cutlery , instruments and furniture ) and these can act as reservoirs for infection . |
| 22 | Where the summer is very dry and hot , the longevity of L3 is reduced except in areas with shade and these can act as reservoirs of infection until the following winter . |
| 23 | The principal objective of the campaign is to encourage walking by the promotion of demonstration pedestrian priority projects , which would act as models of good practice and thus provide guidance to local authorities and , metaphorically , a rallying point for pedestrians . |
| 24 | Governments within the Community , the European Commission included , do not act as judges of art . |
| 25 | But one or two countries will act as leaders and organisers . |
| 26 | These are not necessarily forces for continuity but they may act as barriers to government attempts to impose a new line of policy . |
| 27 | The waste form and the cannister should act as barriers for 1000 years each . |
| 28 | There is often a kind of tension between them : the stances for some forms of status ( for example , for masculinity ) may act as barriers to affection . |
| 29 | Many can act as receptors for small molecules as well as different ion types ( including anions ) . |
| 30 | The new breed of civil justices would be similar to JPs in the criminal field but would act as arbitrators in county courts . |