Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] acts [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its engine acts like a vacuum cleaner by removing pollutants to become a smog buster . |
| 2 | As Packer ( 1968 ) has pointed out , the criminality of their enterprise acts as a kind of ‘ tariff ’ that protects them from the competition of ‘ legitimate ’ entrepreneurs unwilling to take the risks of illegal enterprise , and provides them with customers who have no legal redress against the most excessive forms of exploitation . |
| 3 | Farthest away its surface acts as a mirror and the sky 's colours will be almost identical to those of its reflection — almost but not quite . |
| 4 | ( David and Margot Wizansky have no financial interests in the properties , but their company acts as a consultancy and can provide a management service . ) |
| 5 | Like all representatives , his garage acts as a warehouse for samples and spare parts . |