Sentence examples for act as major from inspiring English sources

DOWN the bayou, pontoon and lift bridges act as major intersections.

In cities, in particular, abandoned brownfields — the legacy of inefficient development practices — act as major economic drains.

Turkey and the Caribbean act as major transit points, and countries like Panama launder the billions in profit.

In the 60s, the British defence industry was still benefitting from the fact that two potential rivals, Germany and Japan, were, as the second world war's defeated aggressors, unable to act as major military exporters.

The state is drained by the Grijalva (also known as the Tabasco) and Usumacinta rivers, which, with their tributaries, deposit fertile soils in floodplains and act as major avenues of transportation.

"However, such factors as the weakening momentum of economic recovery in the U.S. and other major countries and the spread of sovereign debt problems in the euro area will act as major downside risk factors".

He totes his ancient, blind sheepdog around by a rope and acts as major domo.

Insects were among the earliest terrestrial herbivores and acted as major selection agents on plants.

Furthermore, basal level of NOS is required for the survival of early stage Plasmodium, but elevated level of NOS during later stage of oocyst development acts as major oocyst limiting factor [25].

The R-spondin (roof plate-specific spondin) family of proteins is comprised of novel secreted proteins, which acts as major agonists and modulators of the Wnt-β-catenin signaling pathway [16], [17].

The combination of both life-history traits acts as major homogenizing force, which hampers genetic differentiation, and ultimately may lead to panmixia (e.g. [ 2, 12, 13]).