Example sentences of "that [noun] act [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this sounds silly , it happens quite often that contestants act with no regard at all for their own safety . |
| 2 | The trouble is that phosphates act as nutrients for green plants and the minute algae that grow on the surface of slow-moving water . |
| 3 | Because tasks in organisations are almost always interdependent , it is essential that personnel act in a calculable and predictable manner . |
| 4 | It is beyond doubt , he argues , and most psychologists and ethologists would agree , ‘ that animals act for the sake of goals , and that they may be conscious of their goals , in the quite literal sense that they may see or smell what they are after ’ ( 1975 : 19 ) . |
| 5 | Not only must we limit the scope of animal goals but we must also limit the sense of the claim that animals act for the sake of goals . |
| 6 | Anthropologists , following Evans-Pritchard 's lead , have reacted against this way of seeing primitive , or non-literate , peoples , and maintained that they do not act as they do for the same reasons that neurotics act in Western society . |
| 7 | We need an idea that can not be found there : that the community as a whole has obligations of impartiality toward its members , and that officials act as agents for the community in acquitting that responsibility . |
| 8 | In particular , we assume that firms act in a Cournot-Nash fashion , taking their competitors ' outputs as fixed ; i.e. . |
| 9 | The general data presented by Cox are undeniable , but interpretation of the data rests on certain assumptions , principally that people act on an individualistic basis rather than as groups , and according to attitudes expressed in the quiet of their homes rather than in response to major events . |
| 10 | Assuming that people act in certain ways , what is implied about prices , quantities held , etc' ? … the realism of the assumptions matters little . |
| 11 | For development , the importance of explanations at the molecular level is that genes act at this level . |
| 12 | In addition , the reflective characteristic of grid technique means that grids act as a kind of psychological mirror . |
| 13 | He also pointed out that evidence showing that PCBs act as immunodepressants is inconclusive . |