Sentence examples similar to acts as a catch from inspiring English sources

In other words, the way in which we define the vertices in the networks acts as a catch-all for the features likely to drive terrorism.

Nor is there any mention of party identification, which often acts as a catch-all variable for a host of issues.

By eliminating the All Writs Act as a catch all then we significantly flatten out the slippery slope.

He believes the snow then got trapped by a small stone jetty that acted as a catch and somehow shaped the slush into balls.

A function of longitude and latitude appears to act as a catch-all proxy for many additional factors which affect chlorophyll concentrations and vary spatially such as periodic nutrient inputs and micronutrient availability.

The wood will stack neatly in between the legs and the tabletop (which is now the bottom) will act as a catch-all for the messy wood chips and broken off bark.

Crucially, the sulfoxide in our approach acts as a 'safety-catch' directing group: Only upon oxidation to the sulfoxide is the substrate receptive to metal-free cross-coupling.

He waggles a small metal tie that acts as a second safety catch.

"The rampant and indiscriminate use of the Sedition Act... functions as a catch-all provision to target all and sundry for anything that is remotely contentious, thus stifling democratic norms and creating a climate of fear," he said.

On the one hand, the cake-layer of diatomite particles serves as a dynamic membrane, which acts as a deep-bed filter and catches some small particles before they contact to the membrane surface.

Brown's Human / Digital acts as a bid for post-internet as catch-all label for the expanded media landscape in which contemporary artists find themselves today.