Example sentences of "be to act as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further task for the special advisory team will be to act as consultant to teachers who have visually handicapped pupils in their classes . |
| 2 | In his will he left £12 to be given to twelve old maids who were to act as pall bearers . |
| 3 | However , if the GPs were to act as Health Maintenance Organizations ( HMOs ) and have a budget to cover the total care for their patients , a Type I system would give them considerable freedom of referral , but would not necessarily increase the patients ' freedom . |
| 4 | The key aspects of political activity according to the pluralist group model are : all sections of society are capable of influencing policy , especially if they are formally organized ; policy represents the outcome of bargaining and compromise between groups , the role of the state being to act as arbitrator of disputes . |
| 5 | Therefore , deduct a fraction from your finished length measurement unless the curtains are to act as draught excluders . |
| 6 | There will be family backing — no doubt the McTavish branch will be muscling in on the act , if Deirdre is to act as captain . |
| 7 | On more than one occasion the courts have stated that the procedure is investigatory and that the role of the adjudication officer is to act as amicus curiae ( friend of the court ) assisting the tribunal in its investigation of the claim ( R v. |
| 8 | All my friends and playmates were Indian and , since my father 's job was to act as guardian to a Maharajah some five years older than me , I looked upon Bahadur as an older brother . |
| 9 | The Chaplain had been so injured in combat that his best continuing contribution to his chapter was to act as escort and religious awakener to young new recruits . |