The phrase "act as service" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of performing a service or serving a function, but it is not a commonly used expression.
Example: "The software is designed to act as a service for managing user data."
Alternatives: "function as a service" or "serve as a service."
In effect, the journals would be "hollowed out" so that they would merely act as service bureaux providing peer-review and editing services.
Under today's law, in which private firms can only act as service providers for Pemex, that investment would be much higher, he says.Felipe Calderón, the president, has tried to address the problem.
This, of course, is pure fiction: the reality is that Australia pays the bills, and contractors to the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection act as "service" providers.
Under a proposal announced in July, the communities will be expanded to become regional "hubs" that will act as service centres for nearby smaller communities and, eventually, be gazetted and given the same town status as comparable non-Indigenous communities, with the same obligations to pay rates and other fees.
In these cases, churches act as service deliverers rather than legal for a for dispute resolution.
In addition, a role can act as service provider offering and managing network services, or as a service consumer subscribing to network services.
SDs are centralized cache entities that act as services' directory.
Formerly the nation-state acted as service provider for the population offering human, economic, and social security.
Other exchange services act as wallet services with limited buying and selling capabilities.
Note that while cyREST enables Cytoscape to act as a service, it is intended to serve only one client application at a time, where the client and Cytoscape run on the same workstation.
A service offering monks for hire on Amazon has been criticised by Buddhists who say it "commodifies a religious act as a service".
