Example sentences of "was act as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the actual performance of liege homage could be staved off by Henry 's successors until the territorial clauses of the 1259 treaty were properly implemented , then it could be claimed that the duke was acting as defacto sovereign in his duchy until such time as the agreement was fulfilled . |
| 2 | He prepared himself to meet the Mahatma on the basis of ‘ personal appeal and conviction ’ , taking to heart the advice of V.S.S. Sastri , who was acting as intermediary , that Gandhi was ‘ like a woman ; you have got to win him ; therefore before you see him , perform all your ablutions , say all your prayers and put on your deepest spiritual robes ’ . |
| 3 | In any event , knowledge within the firm of the identity of the intermediary 's client may not identify him if the salesman or perhaps the dealer concerned did not know either that the intermediary was acting as intermediary or the identity of the client ; this is a Chinese wall-type question . |
| 4 | Hutchinson 's first official work was under the navy and customs committee of the Long Parliament ; by 1645 he was acting as Vane 's deputy in the very important post of navy treasurer . |
| 5 | The latter was a member of Gloucester 's Sheriff Hutton connection and may be a ducal appointment , in which case it is likely that he was acting as deputy chief steward in the lordship . |
| 6 | One of his name and style was acting as deputy for the absentee archdeacon of Buckingham ( the brother of the future Pope Adrian V ) in Chesham on 11 May 1280 . |
| 7 | The latter was a member of Gloucester 's Sheriff Hutton connection and may be a ducal appointment , in which case it is likely that he was acting as deputy chief steward in the lordship . |
| 8 | The proposition that in procuring his wife 's signature to the document Duval was acting as agent of Turnbull & Co. would , in my opinion , have been unreal and artificial . |
| 9 | v. Perry , the wife 's contention was that her husband , in obtaining her consent to the giving of the security , was acting as agent for the bank . |
| 10 | In neither case was there any explicit finding that the debtor was acting as agent for the creditor . |
| 11 | ‘ Mrs. Perry contends that Mr. Colin Perry , in his dealings with her in relation to the execution of the charge , was acting as agent for the bank in obtaining Mrs. Perry 's consent to the giving of the security . |
| 12 | ‘ In both cases it is an essential first step for the wife to be able to show that the husband was acting as agent for the creditor in procuring her signature . |
| 13 | With respect to Lloyd L.J. , when the creditor is content to leave it to the debtor to obtain the surety 's signature in circumstances in which it should have been aware that undue influence might come into play , it is not necessary to establish that the debtor was acting as agent for the bank . |
| 14 | Unknown to the defendants Y Bank was acting as agent for Z Bank , the plaintiff . |
| 15 | No more is heard of him after this , although Kympton was acting as agent for the commissioners of the sick and wounded at Plymouth in 1703 . |
| 16 | Arguably the company secretary was acting as agent for the shareholders . |
| 17 | The purchaser must be the person suffering loss unless it can be shown that the purchaser was acting as agent for the injured customer . |
| 18 | He was acting as courier for some of his family 's purchases earlier in the year . |
| 19 | One of the Ness men was acting as guide and he took us to a rock bothy which the men use during their stay . |
| 20 | He was now made chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster in the north , an office which passed the duchy seal on 4 July , but which must have originated earlier since Gloucester was acting as steward early in June . |
| 21 | Meanwhile Roe 's Macclesfield Company 's activities continued at Coniston and output figures in John Moore 's estate book are provided below , Moore was acting as steward to Sir Michael le Fleming and this was a position of great trust . |
| 22 | He was now made chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster in the north , an office which passed the duchy seal on 4 July , but which must have originated earlier since Gloucester was acting as steward early in June . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |