Example sentences of "to act as an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speculation that the Prime Minister is looking for an experienced figure to act as an advisor follows Norman Lamont 's devastating resignation speech last week . |
| 2 | To protect their joint interests , the West Berlin summit has detailed Rainer Emmenlauer one of their own development consultants to act as an advisor to their colleagues in the East . |
| 3 | Wimlas Limited was formed in October , and now awaits an audit from the NACCB which will precede a letter of authorisation to act as an assessor for European Technical Approvals . |
| 4 | As experienced by the largest international headhunting companies , the value of a ‘ name ’ to act as an umbrella , providing clients , research services and inter-consultant support , is vital and is becoming increasingly important . |
| 5 | Francois Heisbourg , the institute 's director , said that growing tensions between different members of the Warsaw Pact are undermining its ability to act as an alliance . |
| 6 | It also approved the Democracy and the Individual review , proposing : To replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber ; Devolved assemblies for Scotland , Wales , and the regions of England ; Unification of Ireland only by consent of the majority in the North ; A Freedom of Information Act ; A Ministry for Women ; A Department of Legal Administration to run the courts ; Extend legal aid ; A statutory duty on local councils to provide integrated child care services for the under-fives ; A Children 's Commissioner to act as an ombudsman on childrens ' rights ; Firm opposition to reform of the voting system for the House of Commons . |
| 7 | Yes , erm , when Harlow was designed , it was appreciated that its , the , its purpose was to house workers in the factories and the offices and also to act as an overspill from London , and in nineteen sixty when Cossors were bringing their workers by the hundreds |
| 8 | My father was still forced from time to time to act as an interpreter , but from now on he spent much more time at home , rather than meeting his friends in the cafés for a game of cards . |
| 9 | Although Bob 's command of Serbo-Croat is non-existent and he is only at the early stages of learning Russian the Causevics ' second language — he has enlisted the help of a friend , native Yugoslav Maria Delahunty , to act as an interpreter . |
| 10 | Two sets of access doors , under computer control , are supposed to act as an airlock , with only one set open at any one time , thereby preventing any radioactive leakage . |
| 11 | Steve Sharp , of mortgage broker Chain Chase in Milton Keynes , was impressed by the low rates , and offered to act as an introducer . |
| 12 | Our leader , according to this approach , will allow others to develop , to act as an enabler rather than as a director of subordinates . |
| 13 | ‘ The skills were there when we took over and Courtaulds 's role was to act as an enabler — to allow those skills to be unleashed . |
| 14 | Similarly , in some modern construction contracts disputes are referred to " adjudication " under which a named individual designated to act as an expert makes a preliminary finding which is then subject to review by arbitration . |
| 15 | the issue to be determined ( 8.4 ) ( 1.1 ) ; the expert 's qualifications ( 8.5 ) ( 1.1 ) ; that he is to act as an expert and not as an arbitrator ( 8.6 ) ( 1.3 ) ; how the expert is to be appointed ( 8.7 ) ( 1.1 ) ; that the decision will be final and binding ( 8.8 ) ( 1.3 ) ; the due date for payment of the amount determined ( 8.9 ) ( 1.3 ) ; that the expert has the power to award interest ( 8.10 ) ( 1.3 ) ; provision for interest to run for late payment of the amount determined ( 8.11 ) ( 1.4 ) ( sometimes found elsewhere in the agreement ) ; and how the expert is to be paid ( 8.12 ) ( 1.3 ) . |
| 16 | 8.6 To act as an expert and not as an arbitrator |
| 17 | The most commonly encountered wording is that the referee is to act as an expert and not as an arbitrator . |
| 18 | That wording is much more common than one which merely says that the referee is to act as an expert , omitting " and not as an arbitrator " . |
| 19 | It certainly underlines the court 's policy of giving effect to the contract between the parties , rather than seeking to establish general rules about who is qualified to act as an expert . |
| 20 | Tenants tried to injunct the president of the RICS from appointing an independent surveyor to act as an expert in a rent review . |
| 21 | In Palacath Ltd v Flanagan [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 161 , the terms of a lease stated that the rent reviewer was to act as an expert and not as an arbitrator . |
| 22 | The true value of a picture lies in its ability to illustrate a point or to act as an eye-catcher both to the editor and subsequently to the reader . |
| 23 | His first appearance in the records is in 1231 when he was appointed to act as an attorney in a Buckinghamshire case . |
| 24 | But since Mr Brezhnev 's death the Romanian leader has lost his ability to act as an irritant . |
| 25 | This is a light , clean-tasting starter to act as an appetizer . |
| 26 | Katharine Over has only been studying Japanese for a year , but she 's already considered good enough to act as an ambassador for Britain . |
| 27 | The best known mayor of the time , Shaikh Muhammad Ali Ja'bari ( who had led the West Bank notables to accept Hashemite rule in 1948 ) , offered to act as an intermediary between the Israelis and Amman — a role which , as Amman was quick to perceive , greatly enhanced Ja'bari 's standing as ‘ the leader ’ of the West Bank population . |
| 28 | In the clearest indication possible that it regards the MVS mainframe as doomed , it has produced a colourful flyer that explains that Osiris was an ancient Egyptian king who after painful adventures became a god , and chose to act as an intermediary between the living and the dead , looking after the souls of the departed and giving the living the hope of eternal happiness in the other world ; ‘ In providing a quality solution which integrates open systems with existing System 370 and 390 environments , ’ the company says , ‘ HDS provides the best of both worlds ’ ( the living and the dead , that is ) . |
| 29 | Yes but why did Hitachi Data Systems Ltd choose the name Osiris for its new mainframe Unix combination ( see front ) : in the clearest indication possible that it regards the MVS mainframe as doomed , it has produced a colourful flyer that explains that Osiris was an ancient Egyptian king who after painful adventures became a god , and chose to act as an intermediary between the living and the dead , looking after the souls of the departed and giving the living the hope of eternal happiness in the other world ; ‘ In providing a quality solution which integrates open systems with existing System 370 and 390 environments , ’ the company says , ‘ HDS provides the best of both worlds ’ ( the living and the dead , that is ) . |
| 30 | In the meantime , it is clear that many judges consider that the Lord Chancellor 's Department has ceased to act as an intermediary or ‘ hinge ’ between themselves and the executive Government and has become as much a part of the governmental machinery as any other Department of State . |