The phrase "as life support system" is not entirely correct; it should be "as a life support system." You can use it when discussing something that provides essential support or sustenance, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The community acted as a life support system for those in need during the crisis."
Alternatives: "as a vital support system" or "as an essential support mechanism."
19 Effectively, these pregnant but brain dead mothers serve as life support systems for the baby, similar to extracorporeal life support systems such as ECMO, until the fetus is viable.
The project tested key technologies such as life-support systems.
The orbiting lab will test key technologies such as life-support systems.
The project is testing key technologies such as life-support systems.
The project will test key technologies such as life-support systems.
So while a call to action from even a high-profile figure, and global platform like the Oscars is a great and needed step it should serve as launching pad for a nationwide awareness campaign focused on the challenges posed by climate and other threats to nature, our life support system, as well as dynamic conversations on proposed and varied solutions from the best and brightest among us.
Palpatine arrives shortly afterward and saves Vader by placing him into a mechanical black mask and suit of armor that serves as a permanent life support system.
However, there was one very clear moment when it really dawned on me how little respect we as humans have for our life support system.
Future long-term manned space missions will require effective recycling of water and nutrients as part of a life support system.
Media moles and self-acclaimed pundits are writing about temperatures rising between 7.2 and 9 degrees (F) (4 and 5 deg C) later this century as if Earth's life support system can handily absorb these deadly numbers.
Here's how one author put it in a statement released today: "As the global population increases towards nine billion people sustainable development should be seen as an economy serving society within Earth's life support system, not as three pillars," says co-author Dr. Priya Shyamsundar from the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics, Nepal.
