Example sentences of "[adv] acted as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She long acted as examiner in geography for various institutions , and her influence on the training of the next generation of students of geography was substantial . |
| 2 | I was upset because I was proud to play for Scotland but the crowd 's reaction only acted as a spur . |
| 3 | Tom Sutcliffe 's wife not only acted as his Secretary and personal interpreter , but made her own contribution to the cause for which he worked as a teacher of sign language and an outstanding interpreter particularly in the educational field . |
| 4 | Right so , you know , there are those who would teach that Jesus he would die for our sins and he 's forgiven us sins , but only those who come to him , Jesus died for the sin of the whole world , for every man , woman , boy and girl that has ever lived or ever will live , he died for the sin of the whole world , not just for those even who lived after his death , that 's why it talks about in the Old Testament people like Abraham looking for that day , and so Jesus who in , when he died , because he 's eternal , so we 've got the problems with time , God has n't got problems with time , he 's eternal and so his sacrifice , the sacrifice of him on the cross was effective for Abraham as it is for you , it was as effective for David as it was for Paul otherwise Abraham would never of had his sins forgiven because what happened with all the sacrifice with all the little lambs that were killed and all the goats and all the rest they only acted as a covering for sin , did n't take them away , it covered them , what for , until the moment when Jesus would come and would take those sins away and so when you think of David 's sin , his adultery and his murder , how does he get forgiven for that because Jesus died from the cross and he takes upon himself David 's sin and he takes upon him Abraham 's sin and Noah 's sin and Adam 's sin , just as much as your sin and the person who will be born in ten years time their sin also , all our sins er as Gloria just read there from , from one John to two they were all of him he has died for every one , well that 's his humiliation , hurry along quickly now his exhortation , the period from Jesus 's resurrection onward is referred to as to the , as the state of exhortation , now what does that term mean , well as Jesus according to his divine nature has always been , he was always every where , now in his human nature , before , be , sorry it 's not , it 's not on that one , but before he , he came to earth , he was every where , he was God , he was , he was omnia present that means he was every where at the same time , but he takes upon himself he 's su , he 's , he 's human nature and he takes upon himself the limitations and when Jesus is walking down second avenue in , in Jerusalem he 's not in Nazareth that 's why there were times when people came to er , to , to , came rushing out because they heard that Jesus was passing by , see he was n't there resident with them , he passed by , now he 's gone back to heaven and where is he , he 's in heaven , he , er whereabouts , where do you think Jesus is now , that resurrected body that was glorified that has gone back to heaven , where do you think it is |
| 5 | The unsecured creditors therefore sued Salomon personally for the debts which were owed by the company to them , alleging that the company merely acted as an agent or a ‘ front ’ for Salomon himself . |
| 6 | Since the Socialists afterwards tried to make out that this was a personal and private effort by the head of the Cecils , it is important to record that Lord Salisbury merely acted as a means of conveying to the Queen the general view inside the Party . |
| 7 | In occupying Manchuria the Guandong Army effectively acted as an autonomous political decision-making body . |
| 8 | The idea of Kevin 's rewarding him for his prowess with a real lunch somewhere acted as a spur to Jasper , but he did not really need a spur . |
| 9 | In 1885 the lying-in ward in the Strand workhouse was located immediately above the female insane ward and despite the effort to reform workhouse nursing during the 1860s , elderly pauper women still acted as midwives and childminders . |
| 10 | The secretary of state for foreign affairs still retained , as did his fellow secretaries for war , the navy and the maison du roi , ultimate responsibility for the administration of a group of French provinces ; and each of the four still acted as general secretary to the king , in the drawing up and despatching of official documents of all kinds , for three months in the year . |
| 11 | Established in 1793 by the Alien Act of that year , the Alien Office was a branch of the Home Office which ostensibly acted as the administrative centre for the regulation of the conduct of foreigners resident in Britain . |
| 12 | Second , the discovery of mineral resources and the consequent development of metallurgical industries in Transbaikal and the Altai demanded more manpower than could be met from the local populations , and hence acted as a loadstone for the attraction of the necessary personnel to work them , in the form of both voluntary and forced labour . |
| 13 | From the beginning of their relationship , de Beauvoir prized Sartre 's intellect over her own and willingly acted as his editor , critic , and sounding board , repeatedly pushing aside her own work to read his . |
| 14 | It also acted as a central store and clearing house for hops , organising the supply to the brewers . |
| 15 | So , one night , it was decided to ask the audience if they wanted an Arts Lab , and during one of his talks to the audience , as David also acted as compère , he asked whether they would like an Arts Lab in Beckenham , with the folk club being the start of it . |
| 16 | On his return he also acted as an unpaid adviser to Yale about other possible English choices . |
| 17 | Collinson also acted as intermediary in obtaining seeds from America , particularly those which gave rise to an extensive plantation of evergreens in the park , a principal feature of Woburn at the time . |
| 18 | Phrenology also acted as a stepping-stone to various social crusades and encouraged women to take a pride in themselves . |
| 19 | It also acted as the catalyst to form fossil fuels from tiny animals millions of years ago . |
| 20 | He also acted as auditor for a number of major international joint ventures . |
| 21 | The sawdust and bran mixture not only provided a soft base on which to rest the corpse but also acted as a sponge for exuded matter ; the side lining masked the bare wood ; the side-sheets assisted in the presentation of the corpse ; and the frill along the visible top edge formed a seal when the lid was screwed down and helped to keep it all airtight . |
| 22 | The sluice gates also acted as a safety measure to guard against flooding when the river was in spate . |
| 23 | The friendship with Isabella Stewart Gardner lasted a lifetime and the artist also acted as her adviser on purchasing art : among the works he recommended was Gentile Bellini 's ‘ Portrait of a Turkish scribe or painter ’ . |
| 24 | As in the past , the information for guidance will be conveyed mainly by the head teacher 's report , which governors would come to regard rightly as a source of sound professional advice , subjects for discussion and a welcome touch of humour ( ‘ Mr C scored three goals for the staff against the pupils and also acted as referee ’ ) . |
| 25 | In those days , when simplicity was bliss , Jas T Clark , the county secretary , also acted as referee . |
| 26 | Castles also acted as bases for field armies which were used to extend and defend the frontier with Valois France . |
| 27 | Edo itself also acted as a major centre of commercial activity . |
| 28 | Those that he produced for sale through the Redfern Gallery were usually printed in editions of fifty and include Thames-side , Bull Fight , Spain , Tropical Landscape , Horse Guards in their Dressing Rooms at Whitehall and Working Men 's College , this last relating to his association with the Working Men 's College in Crowndale Road , Mornington Crescent , where he gave a lecture , ‘ The Painter 's Intention ’ , in 1952 , taught lithography and also acted as Art Adviser . |
| 29 | The foundation of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea in 1902 also acted as a stimulus . |
| 30 | He also acted as external examiner for Language in Education options and courses at the University of Birmingham ( PGCE , B. Phil . |