The phrase "acted as powerful" is not correct in standard written English.
It can be used when describing someone or something that has the ability to influence or control, but it needs to be rephrased for clarity.
Example: "The leader acted powerfully during the negotiations, swaying opinions in her favor."
Alternatives: "functioned as influential" or "served as a strong force."
Later in the same century, catapult designers working for Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, raised the stakes in the arms race by improving the weapon with twisted sinews and ropes that acted as powerful springs.
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has acted as powerful model system for studying evolution due in part to the ability of researchers to freeze and resurrect individuals.
A series of recent studies has demonstrated that psychosocial support and regular home visits by CHWs and peer adherence counsellors have acted as powerful preventive actions against patient attrition [ 23, 40, 49, 54, 56, 59, 61].
Based on the observation that IL-12 and IFNα, two cytokines produced by dendritic cells, acted as powerful inducers of human Th1 polarization [ 10- 12], I hypothesized that the type of innate immunity response was the main conditioning mechanism for the type of subsequent adaptive immunity [ 13].
Our obtained results correspond with this assumption and demonstrate that phenolic acids presented in nonethanolic extracts can act as powerful radical scavenging compounds.
On the stage were acts as powerful as Jay Z, Beyoncé, Jack White, Arcade Fire, Rihanna and Kanye West.
The results revealed that these complexes could act as powerful catalysts under physiological conditions.
These sharks act as powerful symbols for impending doom, for loss and self-doubt.
All can act as powerful experiential catalysts for learning and change.
It's these internet hubs that fire up data; they act as powerful exchanges pushing traffic to its destination.
Although mountain Norway spruce forests may act as powerful carbon (C) sinks, the complexity of climate change effects on their C cycle remains unclear.
