Example sentences of "act [prep] a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While perception of objects may not be prior to those mental apparati which absorb them ( a version of the Kantian categories ) , it does act as a firm physical constraint upon them . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | It could act as a severe political deterrent . |
| 4 | Brennan and Buchanan ( 1980 ) argue that , where there are competing political jurisdictions , ‘ exit ’ possibilities will act as an effective constraining mechanism ; i.e. public expenditures should vary with the extent of fiscal decentralization . |
| 5 | Some authors have suggested that somatostatin may act by a direct vasoconstrictive effect on the splanchnic arterioles or may lower intestinal vasodilating hormones and glucagon . |