Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [modal v] act [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Possibly this form of GGF could act as a natural antagonist by inhibiting an activity of the receptor , such as ligand binding , dimerization or kinase activation .
2 In 891/1486 , when Bayezid II built his medrese in Amasya , he stipulated that the muftis of Amasya should act as muderris , a condition which is reported to have been observed without exception until 1033/1623–4 , and with a few exceptions until 1084/1673–4 when the two offices were finally separated .
3 The contains no explicit stipulation that the muderris should also act as mufti of Manisa — or , alternatively , that the mufti of Manisa should act as muderris — but it would appear that by at least a few years before 944/1537–8 , if not earlier , such had become the practice . "
4 The false idea of God will act like a tight collar on faith , cramping its style , confining its movements , throttling the full freedom of the wider truth .
5 Even in Britain it seemed almost a law of politics under George II and George III that the Prince of Wales should act as a rallying-point for all those who hoped to benefit from a change of ruler .
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