Example sentences of "acting as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , USL Pacific is acting as Chorus ' agent in the Far East where it has no operation of its own . |
| 2 | In my introduction to this chapter and throughout its length , I have stressed the importance of the activity of the learner with the teacher acting as facilitator and co-ordinator . |
| 3 | As a result banks may have to call in money from the discount houses , which , in turn being short of liquidity , have to sell bills back to the Bank of England ( acting as lender of last resort ) . |
| 4 | The ceremony took place with Picasso acting as godfather . |
| 5 | This advantage is reinforced by the ability of such banks to raise large loans in the euro-currency markets by acting as syndicate leaders . |
| 6 | ‘ At least you 'll look most elegant while acting as hostess in the office today . |
| 7 | Jean is Stella 's daughter , and Lucy has been acting as hostess in her place . ’ |
| 8 | In securing huge government land grants as an inducement to build , the railways became the prime engine of migration , transporting the migrants , acting as land agents , supplying their machinery , building materials , and seed , and later shipping ( a word which developed land-bound connotations ) their produce . |
| 9 | In early 81 , it tried to do for Oi what the New Musical Express had done for early punk , acting as midwife , prefect and publicist for a grassroots rock movement with political overtones . |
| 10 | Acting as midwife to the enterprise has been Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios who was assisted by Roberto Valeriani . |
| 11 | There is also inspection work for Midland bankers , survey work for Wirral and Sefton Councils and acting as church and ecclesiastical architectural consultants to both the Church of England and the RC Archdiocese . |
| 12 | The secret consistory decided to send Guido , cardinal bishop of Preneste , who was to be joined by Octavian , cardinal bishop of Ostia ( described as " holding the first place in the Roman Church after us " ) , at present acting as legate in France , and the pope 's own emissary , Master Philip the notary , to be present at a council to decide the imperial succession . |
| 13 | Second in command , Paul Hancock , says they 'll be acting as back up to the Desert Rats at bases in the north-east of Saudi Arabia . |
| 14 | The course was from Jimmy 's dock on Key San Paul , round Key Canaka and back , with the local brewer 's fifty-foot motor yacht acting as Committee boat . |
| 15 | There , a brokerage house , acting as underwriter , legitimately acquired inside information from one of its clients . |
| 16 | With the company 's founder , Toshio Sumino , still acting as chairman and president , and owning 16% of the firm , Autobacs is the sort of entrepreneurial company investors like . |
| 17 | Few meetings of more than three people work successfully without someone acting as chairman . |
| 18 | At a Panel Hearing , the three panel members selected from a pool of serving members , one acting as chairman of the session , consider everything about a child 's life . |
| 19 | It is also one of the major voices in the industry , with John Chance acting as chairman of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors ’ Opencast Coal Committee for the last two years . |
| 20 | Two plain-clothes policemen , acting as hotel security men , kept watch at the lift . |
| 21 | Lending Services continued to play a full part in the VISCOUNT Project , with Miss McKenzie acting as Secretary of the Technical Working Party . |
| 22 | Other areas of work include the keeping of records and acting as secretary to the Course Approvals Panel . |
| 23 | Much of her spare time is spent acting as secretary to her husband , who is Deputy President ( Technical ) of the B.A.G.A. The rare weekend not taken up with Medau or Gymnastics sees them both actively pursuing their other hobby — rambling ! |
| 24 | Wallich returned to India in 1838 as assistant surgeon in the Indian Army and saw considerable active service during the next nineteen years , taking part in the Sutlej and Punjab campaigns of 1842 and 1847 and acting as field surgeon during the Sonthal rebellion of 1855–6 . |
| 25 | If the actual performance of liege homage could be staved off by Henry 's successors until the territorial clauses of the 1259 treaty were properly implemented , then it could be claimed that the duke was acting as defacto sovereign in his duchy until such time as the agreement was fulfilled . |
| 26 | The machine , acting as watchdog , emitted a sharp warning just moments before Zambia heard Ari 's anguished cries echoing round the gallery . |
| 27 | Many of its tasks — such as the directing of traffic and acting as emergency social services — have only the slightest political connotations , but at other times it is involved in politics in its role as defender of public order . |
| 28 | Acting as consultant to the Board of Overseas Trade , he worked on the British empire exhibition , Wembley , in 1924 , as a designer of friezes , decorations , and displays . |
| 29 | ‘ Such as acting as consultant and adviser on antiques generally — or in my case on one period . |
| 30 | The news itself was usually good : the dispatch or receipt of telegrams of congratulation or support ; the arrival of a foreign head of state or minister showing Qaddafi acting as head of state , reminding viewers that Libya has its place in the world and is respected . |