Example sentences of "[noun pl] that act as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But references to meanings are generally based on certain accidental characteristics that act as contextual code signals in communication , and can hardly be treated as part of the " essential description " of their referents . |
| 2 | Although the mouse homolog T160 is tightly linked to the recombination activator genes RAG-1 and RAG-2 , and expressed fusion proteins show specificity for binding in DNA sequences that act as recombination signals for V-(D)-J joining , recombinase activity has not been demonstrated ( 22 ) . |
| 3 | These glands are connected to long , pointed , hollow teeth that act as hypodermic needles , injecting the lethal liquid into the victim 's flesh . |
| 4 | Places are determined in relation to entities , which means that if places are to perform their individuative function , it is necessary to assume the numerical uniqueness of the entities that act as our frame of reference , and so once again we seem to be caught in a circular argument . |
| 5 | If planted along contours , the grass , which is unpalatable to livestock except in its early growth stages and thrives even in arid areas , will rapidly form easily managed hedges that act as a wind-break as well as a trap for eroded soil particles . |
| 6 | Associate audits of companies that act as agents , suppliers or contractors . |
| 7 | Torchraven is targeting the VARpack at resellers in vertical markets such as local government , finance and retail ; those developing applications for specific products ; and computer departments in large companies that act as resellers within their organisations . |
| 8 | Alternatively , farmers could treat plants that act as alternative hosts for the pest and so reduce the number of pests migrating to a susceptible crop . |
| 9 | The things that act as signals are their intuitively created trip wires . |
| 10 | ‘ And then you 'd have another big problem : the leases that act as your collateral would sink in value , so the banks would run scared and ask for fast repayment . ’ |
| 11 | OEMed workstations from the likes of Mentor Graphics Corp , Valid Logic Inc , Control Data Systems Inc and Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG are also not included , nor are board-level components , multiuser systems that act as hosts to two or more terminals like the VAX 11/780 and IBM 9370 or parallel processing systems — or even the ICL plc DRS6000 . |
| 12 | Workstations that have been bought in OEM by the likes of Mentor Graphics Corp , Valid Logic Inc , Control Data Systems Inc and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG are also not included , nor are board-level components , multi-user systems that act as hosts to two or more terminals , such as the VAX-11/780 and IBM 9370 or parallel processing systems — or even the ICL Plc DRS 6000 . |