Example sentences of "[adv] acted as [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Bill Booth and Ann George also acted as moderators and Paul Bentley , leader of the Barlaston mill and sliphouse circle , was a member of the panel discussion team . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He also acted as auditor for a number of major international joint ventures . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This year Douglas Reyburn also acted as hosts with Bill Service , Personnel Manager , organising the administration of the day . |
| 9 | Castles also acted as bases for field armies which were used to extend and defend the frontier with Valois France . |
| 10 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 11 | In those days , when simplicity was bliss , Jas T Clark , the county secretary , also acted as referee . |
| 12 | But he later acted as agent for the chief minister , Robert Cecil , first Earl of Salisbury [ q.v. ] , over private bills , and supported the great contract to put government finances on a sounder footing . |
| 13 | With the temperament and much of the left-handed style of Larry Gomes who so often acted as foil to the dynamic stroke-makers of the early 1980s , Adams moved from 23 to 79 before running out of partners . |
| 14 | In 1681 Lodwick was elected to membership of the Royal Society , and thereafter frequently acted as auditor to the council . |
| 15 | termed the ‘ Royal Independents ’ by Valerie Pearl , and in Commons divisions frequently acted as teller with Sir Arthur Hesilrige against Denzil Holles ( first Baron Holles of Ifield ) and Sir Philip Stapleton [ qq.v . ] . |
| 16 | Another principal suggestion is that these relatively simple compounds were first held ( ‘ adsorbed ’ ) on the surface of clays , which then acted as catalysts , and caused them to react together . |
| 17 | As late as the succession crisis of 1682 patriarch Joachim played a critical role and even briefly acted as Regent . |
| 18 | Although Traherne held the living of Credenhill until his death in 1674 , it is not clear for how long he actually acted as minister there . |
| 19 | He also found service with Peter des Roches , bishop of Winchester [ q.v. ] , a leading political rival of Langton and Poer , whom Elias none the less assisted with the foundation of monastic houses in Selborne and Titchfield , and for whom he subsequently acted as executor . |
| 20 | Most recently Senior Accounts Clerk , he occasionally acted as Ship 's Accountant on board P&O Cruises vessels , and was responsible for giving accounting training to ship staff . |