Example sentences of "been acting in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Fitton yesterday made clear that he had always been acting in an independent capacity in the offer for Eagle , and that it had no connection with Braithwaite . |
| 2 | He also told the court he had been acting in accordance with an order from Allied Forces Headquarters on 14 May 1945 . |
| 3 | He had been acting in his departmental role , gathering information for Mr Parkinson , when he contacted Eurotunnel . |
| 4 | Then when you stop dieting , the body , which has been acting in a kind of starvation mode , finds that it has become used to its new BMR and requires less calories to function . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , Zhukov 's intervention had been solicited by the highest authority ; by Party norms no impropriety had been committed ( as would have been so had Khrushchev 's colleagues been acting in accordance with Central Committee sentiment ) . |
| 6 | Assistant county secretary David Spicer said the SSD had been acting in the spirit of the Children Act by trying to avoid ‘ coercive ’ measures such as care orders . |
| 7 | Upon investigation it appeared that the bailie had been acting in a manner which aroused doubts about his honesty , for after a conversation with Dowan , Mungo Graeme of Gorthie informed the duke that |
| 8 | Wilcox J. however accepted that the decision formed part of Australia 's international relations , and that even without a specific international obligation relating to Stage 2 , the Cabinet had been acting in implementation of a treaty . |
| 9 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 10 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |
| 11 | It was held that Williams was not guilty , since had the facts been as he believed them to be , he would have been acting in defence of the other . |
| 12 | ‘ So , by preventing Heather from leaving , you would have been acting in her best interests as well as yours ? ’ |
| 13 | The mercantile agent in disposing of the goods must have been acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent . |
| 14 | The Congress ( I ) Chief Minister , Pratap Singh Rane , who had been acting in a caretaker capacity after the legislative elections , was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister . |
| 15 | Boucheron , who had been suspended from the PS at his own request in October 1990 , claimed to have been acting in the interests of the party . |
| 16 | In so doing he seems to have been acting in concert with a Roman official called Seronatus . |
| 17 | Mr Justice Johnson , who jailed the 37year-old Marquess for failing to pay £10,534 to his estranged wife Becky , said he had been acting in excess of his powers when he imposed the sentence . |
| 18 | Cos he 's a he 's a conservati , he 's been acting in a lot of conservative party for the past thirteen years ! |