The other is that Professor Wilson comes back in a day or two, and his presence would act as a constraint upon her.
The presence of insulin in the bloodstream acts somehow to lower the blood glucose level.
His advisers hope that his presence would act as a catalyst for the southern tribes.
The presence of this risk acted as a perverse incentive for the market not to meet the obligation.
"We cannot say that Gorbachev pushed him out, but his presence acted as a catalyst."
The presence of the shelves acts as "brakes" for the glaciers.
This presence of asymmetrical activity acts as a major aid in identifying the subject's imagined action.
The fact is that the man's mere presence acted as a powerful stimulant.
His strong presence acts as the centripetal force holding it all together.
The presence of a physical barrier also acted as a legal one.