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The close-packed Σ3 GB neither traps H nor enhances its diffusion, but instead acts as a two-dimensional diffusion barrier.
Yet even though the web has enabled us to expand our output, The Economist does not try to cover everything, but instead acts as a filter for our readers.
It doesn't rip them, but instead acts as a jukebox with your PC as the interface.
The bank doesn't actually have to buy the underlying futures, but instead "acts as if it had".
Their product is essentially a 360-degree treadmill, a futuristic-looking pod that looks like it should probably beam-you-up, but instead acts as a platform to run about in in a pair of specially made, friction-less socks.
But he led a research team that found something called a lincRNA, a stretch of genetic material that doesn't code for a protein but instead acts as a genetic regulator, controlling how embryos develop and playing a role in human disease.
Last year officials eased the "material support" rule under US immigration law that was designed to prevent terrorist sympathisers from entering the US but instead acted as a dragnet, ensnaring Syrians with no real connection to terrorism.
Jazz at Lincoln Center's "Blues Up and Down: A Battle in the Bucket," at Alice Tully Hall on Thursday night, came advertised as a cutting contest, but instead acted as a dust-clearer, ridding older compositions and melodies and improvisatory ideas of their status as antiquities.
If that's the case, the iPod touch may not be on its way out, after all, but instead act as a complimentary device to the iPad.
A crucial implication is that bond funds, which had provided the traditional "safe harbor" investment – moderate capital gains with income – may no longer serve that purpose but instead act as a drag on portfolio values.
