Example sentences of "act [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since in all of these examples the relevant traits act only as dispositions , the actual outcome in any given individual will depend on the interaction between vulnerability and other factors that trigger illness , leading to symptoms . |
| 2 | In contrast with cholera toxin , vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and prostaglandins are bound reversibly , and act only as long as their levels in plasma or in the intestinal lumen are raised . |
| 3 | They act partly as stabilisers , like gyroscopes , and partly as sense organs presumably telling the fly of the attitude of its body in the air and the direction in which it is moving . |
| 4 | These freight forwarders frequently act either as carriers in their own right when they consolidate multiple shippers ' cargo and hire space on the vessel or vessels involved in the maritime leg of the journey . |
| 5 | Duping everyone who comes to their absent master 's door , Jonathan Hyde and David Bradley ( as Face and Subtle ) act wonderfully as partners in crime abetted by Joanne Pearce as Doll Common , their tarty sidekick . |