Example sentences of "[noun sg] act as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The department acts as host to 6–8 visiting speakers from Scandinavia annually and functions as an informal centre for Scandinavian exchange students ( both undergraduate and postgraduate ) resident in Edinburgh . |
| 2 | In his search to act as arbiter and to secure for the papacy the defensor so needed in his ecclesiastical-political programme for Europe he had ( as it seemed ) changed sides three times , much as the princes themselves . |
| 3 | An action was instituted — the only libel action where I acted for Harold Wilson which came to court — and I thought it wise to brief a member of the Opposition to act as counsel on his behalf . |
| 4 | 2.3.2 Standard forms include provision for rent reviewer to act as expert |
| 5 | The secret consistory decided to send Guido , cardinal bishop of Preneste , who was to be joined by Octavian , cardinal bishop of Ostia ( described as " holding the first place in the Roman Church after us " ) , at present acting as legate in France , and the pope 's own emissary , Master Philip the notary , to be present at a council to decide the imperial succession . |
| 6 | The course was from Jimmy 's dock on Key San Paul , round Key Canaka and back , with the local brewer 's fifty-foot motor yacht acting as Committee boat . |
| 7 | The drawings have now had to be purchased individually and other British institutions have been invited to join the consortium , with the British Museum acting as broker . |
| 8 | The short-lived Mond — Turner talks advocated this new spirit in industrial relations , which can be viewed as an extension of the concept of the General Council acting as representative of the whole trade union movement in national industrial matters . |
| 9 | If anything , suspicions of a cover-up were reinforced by the DEA 's determination to act as counsel , judge and jury in its own cause , and nobody was much surprised when , three days before the deadline imposed by the Federal Tort Claims Act , Pan Am obtained leave from the United States District Court , Eastern Division of New York , to file a third-party liability claim against the US government in connection with the crash of Flight 103 . |
| 10 | Tuck in ivy to act as background |
| 11 | At the same time this differentiation acts as agent of effective phrasing by tellingly setting off the two heterogeneous themes from one another provided the director is aware of Mozart 's signs and interprets them correctly with greater sharpness for the strokes . |
| 12 | Once more the liveried waiters appeared with the Don Perignon , while the teenage Crown Prince acted as disc jockey on the balcony . |
| 13 | In my introduction to this chapter and throughout its length , I have stressed the importance of the activity of the learner with the teacher acting as facilitator and co-ordinator . |
| 14 | This we might call the experimental activity , with the teacher acting as observer manipulating the techniques concerned . |
| 15 | Owing to shortage of teachers in nurse education , and the number of learners , we are gradually returning to learning by discovery , with the teacher acting as guide , counsellor and facilitator — in other words , the learner is doing . |
| 16 | Also a focal point for technical and commercial information on a number of ICI ventures , the team acts as co-ordinator for the various plastics businesses within the company . |
| 17 | The need to carry out ‘ proper ’ audits has been spelled out to firms , and those that do not do so run the serious risk of losing their right to act as company auditors . |
| 18 | It seems realistic to expect the auditor to take such information into account in his review of the audit and the person acting as auditor also needs to be aware of other non-audit work on his client that partners in his firm may be doing such as for example tax work and they in turn should consider whether any information that may arise from their work is relevant to the conduct of the audit and where it is , they should also consider whether it is relevant to the duty to report to the regulator , the partner carrying out the audit should also if possible , discuss it with his client . |
| 19 | Alternatively , a chair could be elected from within the family ; if the person acting as chair varied , a teenager could be given a valuable chance to assume and exercise responsibility . |
| 20 | Default of any transport or accommodation provider or any person acting as agent of the person insured or operation of law . |
| 21 | But the sign acts as shield as well as pointer . |
| 22 | My wife acted as housekeeper for the officers ' houses and Mrs Weaverhurst , the headmistress , took charge of St Michael 's . |
| 23 | A flight comprises four vehicles called transporter-erector launchers ( TELs ) , each carrying four missiles ; two launch control centres ( LCCs ) , one to feed the necessary information to the missiles before firing and the other to act as back-up ; lightweight fibre-optic cables which connect each launcher vehicle to the control centres ; long-distance communication links ; and other vehicles to protect against attack by saboteurs or Russian soldiers and for repairs . |
| 24 | Her husband only received the letters patent from the King to act as ferryman just before his death . ’ |
| 25 | When there is failure to establish this good relationship there can be many reasons for it , which the wife , who loves them both , and is the best person to act as intermediary , should try to understand . |
| 26 | If he has not been appointed to act , he should deliver a certificate that he is a fit and proper person to act as guardian ad litem and has no interest adverse to the defendant . |
| 27 | " The Secretary then intimated that he intended to resign and thereby give another Member a chance to act as Secretary . |
| 28 | Kevin Ellis of Bridgend flew to the south of France last night to act as emergency cover for the Wales B team 's scrum-half Andrew Booth . |
| 29 | As the Crawford Committee recommended in 1926 , ‘ the broadcasting service should be conducted by a public corporation acting as Trustee for the national interest and its status and duties should correspond with those of a public service ’ . |
| 30 | The club had field meetings , following leys and visiting ancient sites , a member who knew the area acting as leader . |