Sentence examples for rather acts as from inspiring English sources

It's not the sole reason she's popular, but rather acts as a shield around her beliefs.

An important feature of the process is the fact that the ferrocene layer does not inhibit the electrode surface but rather acts as a surface redox catalyst for further oxidation and decarboxylation processes.

It was also seen for both loading modes that including an additional pin at a load transfer location does not significantly alter the load carried by a single pin (the additional pin rather acts as a geometric stabilizer).

It encompasses a confidante who is, against all expectations, pretty viperish: Margaret Tyzack is a natural for the role but she rather acts as if she thinks that too, and she susurrates.

A key finding is that a single residue, which in a noncognate context massively destabilizes the complex through frustration, does not participate in specificity directly but rather acts as an organizing center for a multitude of specificity interactions across the interface, many of which are water mediated.

Finally, analysis of JMV2770 hydrolysis following transient transfection of ADAM10 or ADAM9 cDNA in ADAM10−/− fibroblasts allowed to confirm our previous data establishing that ADAM9 does not behave as a genuine α-secretase but rather acts as an important upstream regulator of ADAM10 activity.

The evidence clearly suggests that the Tenney bills, particularly SCA 13, and legislative cognizance of the University of Washington cases (ACR 47) were not substantive concerns but, rather, acted as catalysts to bring about a quick "solution" of the two principal issues.

One possible reason for the blue shift can be that as the tilt angle increases the layers of nanoparticles no longer act as a photonic crystal but rather act as a blazed grating.

Thus the MDC was not directly responsible for regeneration programmes but rather acted as a spearhead, guiding the development process.

I don't tell people what to do in such circumstances, but rather act as a medical guide and interpreter.

"These events are not the underlying cause of anti-Muslim incidents, but rather... act as triggers, where people with latent racial prejudices feel emboldened to act on their views, violently or otherwise," the report stated.