The phrase "act as a condition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing requirements or prerequisites that must be met for something to occur or be valid.
Example: "In order for the agreement to be valid, both parties must act as a condition of mutual consent."
Alternatives: "serve as a prerequisite" or "function as a requirement".
Congressional Republicans have insisted on defunding, delaying or repealing the Affordable Care Act as a condition of keeping the government running.
In effect, the court reasoned that contractors need exhaust only their administrative remedies under the FOIA, and not their administrative remedies under the Renegotiation Act, as a condition precedent to requesting injunctive relief against renegotiation proceedings.
The Senate voted, 54 to 46, in a straight party-line vote, to table a measure favored by Speaker John A. Boehner and the House Republicans to negotiate further over curtailing elements of the Affordable Care Act as a condition of keeping the government financed.
However, despite that concern, we went on to show that knockdown of ZIF268 in the amygdala prevented reconsolidation of a CS cocaine memory and a marked reduction in the ability of the CS subsequently to act as a conditioned reinforcer to maintain high levels of cocaine seeking or to precipitate relapse (Lee et al., 2005).
Yesterday, I directed student leaders of Cornell's Greek chapters to develop a system of member recruitment and initiation that does not involve "pledging" — the performance of demeaning or dangerous acts as a condition of membership.
Still, after the death, Cornell's president, David J. Skorton, writing on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times, announced that he had "directed student leaders of Cornell's Greek chapters to develop a system of member recruitment and initiation that does not involve 'pledging' — the performance of demeaning or dangerous acts as a condition of membership".
After a Cornell student died at a fraternity house in a hazing episode that included mock kidnapping, ritualized humiliation and coerced drinking as part of the pledging process, I directed student leaders of Cornell's Greek chapters to develop a system of member recruitment and initiation that does not involve the performance of demeaning or dangerous acts as a condition of membership.
(b) Sections 303(a) (1) and (3) of the Social Security Act require, as a condition for the receipt of granted funds, that State laws include provisions for methods of administration reasonably calculated to insure full payment of unemployment compensation when due, and opportunity for a fair hearing for all individuals whose claims for unemployment compensation are denied.
Genetic deletion of the ghrelin receptor (growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1A; GHSR) eliminates food anticipatory activity under meal entrainment feeding schedules(Blum et al., 2009; Davis et al., 2011), further supporting the notion that ghrelin acts as a conditioned meal-anticipatory signal.
The Sarvāstivāda-Vaibhāṣika distinction between a dharma's activity and capability implies that each dharma or consciousness moment effects the next moment within its series, but it can also act as a contributory condition towards producing a different sort of effect.
There is no need for a background consensus based on cultural homogeneity to act as a 'catalyzing condition' for democracy to the extent that the democratic political process, involving public deliberation and decision-making, makes "a reasonable political understanding possible, even among strangers".
