Example sentences of "[conj] acting as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | establishing , operating or acting as trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme or a recognised collective investment scheme . |
| 2 | if I may say so is a key point is n't it that a lot of the transactions you 've discussed were off-market transactions , they were unusual transactions and the financial institutions that were carrying out those transactions whether they were acting as banker or acting as broker , they would have had knowledge that those transactions were not normal market transactions . |
| 3 | If his plan worked , he would have an hour or two to himself dawdling along the reef , which was a better way of spending the afternoon than acting as nanny to four Latinos . |
| 4 | She ate as directed by Taggy , and made no fuss when that dame looked after her much as she had herself done for her deceased employer — nursing her and acting as lady 's maid , and combing out her troublesome copper hair , until Theda felt strong enough to perform this office for herself . |
| 5 | Formerly a teacher in the junior school of Donaldsons 's School for the Deaf in Edinburgh and a tutor to the support service for students in Further Education , her principal tasks were organising the BDA 's own education programme making and maintaining contacts with the various educational establishments for deaf students and acting as spokesperson on all educational matters . |
| 6 | Scotland was about to lose its whizz kid , however , for Hunter succumbed to a bit of crafty recruiting at the Jersey convention in 1989 and migrated to England with his wife Lesley to join BP Oil UK as a senior journalist at Hemel Hempstead , editing Distributor magazine and acting as deputy editor of BP Oil News . |
| 7 | Many of its tasks — such as the directing of traffic and acting as emergency social services — have only the slightest political connotations , but at other times it is involved in politics in its role as defender of public order . |
| 8 | Wallich returned to India in 1838 as assistant surgeon in the Indian Army and saw considerable active service during the next nineteen years , taking part in the Sutlej and Punjab campaigns of 1842 and 1847 and acting as field surgeon during the Sonthal rebellion of 1855–6 . |
| 9 | The tutor can have the responsibility of arranging the date , time and venue of the examination , and acting as invigilator if s/he so wishes . |
| 10 | Other areas of work include the keeping of records and acting as secretary to the Course Approvals Panel . |
| 11 | There is also inspection work for Midland bankers , survey work for Wirral and Sefton Councils and acting as church and ecclesiastical architectural consultants to both the Church of England and the RC Archdiocese . |
| 12 | Mervyn Pinfield , feeling he had done his job overcoming the show 's technical worries and acting as adviser to Verity Lambert , wanted to return to the more active area of Directing . |
| 13 | The scheme is intended to improve the city 's image and deter violence , vandalism and theft It would involve 30 uniformed wardens providing a 12-hour seven-day weekly eyes-and-ears service and acting as tourist guides . |
| 14 | Beside him sat Paula , checking her map and acting as navigator . |
| 15 | As well as advising on death duties and acting as executor of wills , this division will provide for those who need help in managing their own affairs , arrange retirement benefits and advise on tax reduction . |
| 16 | The certificate of practical completion is issued by the architect ( or other construction professional ) who is the agent of the vendor and acting as certifier in the separate contract for the construction of the building being sold or let . |
| 17 | ( The role of the teacher in the classroom is to deal with all the problems that the computer can not solve — helping the child who still does n't understand , hearing children read , and acting as manager , counsellor and troubleshooter . ) |
| 18 | Following half-pay retirement in England , he embarked for India in 1817 and spent three years editing a Tory newspaper in Calcutta and acting as agent of a failed scheme to make the island of Saugor , at the mouth of the Hooghly river , an entrepôt and health resort , after ridding it of tigers ( hence his nickname ‘ Tiger ’ ) . |
| 19 | The DoE , through Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) , was given the task of co-ordinating a national response plan , installing the radiation monitoring network and acting as lead government department in an emergency ( HMSO 1988 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Slip is due to little bits of crystal getting loose and acting as roller bearings between the layers . |
| 21 | ‘ At least you 'll look most elegant while acting as hostess in the office today . |
| 22 | These include allegations that she was unfit through drink while acting as duty officer in charge of the force on July 24 , 1990 ; that she swam in a pool with a male officer while dressed only in her underwear ; and that she later shared a jacuzzi with the same officer . |
| 23 | The official receiver whilst acting as receiver of the estate has the same powers as a receiver appointed by the High Court and is entitled to dispose of any perishable goods or any other goods the value of which is likely to be diminished if they are not disposed of ( s 287(2) ) . |
| 24 | Whether acting as orgone accumulators or not , light phenomena have certainly been observed in such locations . |
| 25 | As well as acting as presenter of the various scenes Richard Baker displays his talent as a pianist , singer , and even for one moment as a dancer ! |
| 26 | The third team was put in the charge of Billie Balmer , a former Everton full-back , while Jack Foster , a former Sunderland and Huddersfield centre-forward , was given the running of the reserves as well as acting as scout . |
| 27 | For all complex deal management roles but specifically when acting as lead adviser it is important to establish detailed responsibilities from the outset . |