Example sentences of "as [noun] for the [noun] in " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Whig lawyers , such as Treby and Somers , served as counsel for the defence in the bishops ' trial , a curious development considering the mutual antipathy between bishops and Whigs during the Exclusion Crisis .
2 ‘ 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 .
3 ‘ 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 .
4 At independence , the two were relatively young — Mboya in his early thirties , and Odinga in his forties — and could have expected to be considered as candidates for the presidency in the years to come .
5 In addition , the ethos of the CAB is being spread by all those who receive CAB training and then act as ambassadors for the CAB in other roles .
6 While supporting the practitioners ' role as proxy for the patient in purchasing , there is a need to recognise the limitations of this , and wherever possible we should be seeking the opinion of the public .
7 Both the parent and recombinant plasmid were then used as cofactors for the DNA-PK in in vitro kinase assays ( Figure 6A ) .
8 Securities in the offeror offered as consideration for the shares in the target .
9 We need an idea that can not be found there : that the community as a whole has obligations of impartiality toward its members , and that officials act as agents for the community in acquitting that responsibility .
  Next page