Example sentences of "he acted as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he reflected on how age and death laid waste man 's being , and saw a means of interfering with that process , he acted as harbinger to the Age of Science then in its first dawn . |
| 2 | He was appointed OBE for his services during World War I when he acted as intermediary between the government and the distillers for the supply of alcohol for munition purposes . |
| 3 | He was an esquire of the king 's body and had links with other lords in the north west and north Wales , including the Stanleys and Anthony earl Rivers , for whom he acted as deputy of Beaumaris . |
| 4 | From April 1987 ( after a year in which he acted as Deputy Director of the Polytechnic ) he was redeployed as Assistant Director and Dean of the Modular Course on the assumption that he would have half of his time from September 1987 available for Course administration . |
| 5 | He was an esquire of the king 's body and had links with other lords in the north west and north Wales , including the Stanleys and Anthony earl Rivers , for whom he acted as deputy of Beaumaris . |
| 6 | He retired from medicine in 1930 , although for a brief period during World War II he acted as locum for a Cambridge doctor who had joined up . |
| 7 | In 1633 he acted as publisher for A Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship by William Ames [ q.v. ] , and another work entitled The Opinion … concerning Bowing at the Name , or Naming , of Jesus . |
| 8 | From 1892 , until racing stopped there in 1898 , he acted as clerk of the course at Stockbridge . |
| 9 | His early career in Anglesey was remarkably successful ; he acted as attorney and man of business for important local families , especially for Sir Nicholas Bayly , for whom he was also political agent . |
| 10 | Schnadhorst was brought up as a Nonconformist and as a young man he acted as secretary to the Revd R. W. Dale [ q.v. ] , the pastor of Carr 's Lane Congregational church . |
| 11 | During the Boer War he acted as chief of staff to French . |
| 12 | When the children worked individually or in smaller groups he acted as adviser/supervisor to " wander round , look over shoulders , give encouragement , ask pertinent questions , look at folders of work , help on slow groups , etc. " ( ibid . ) |
| 13 | In 1902 he was appointed associate professor of railway engineering at the University of Liverpool , and from 1908 to 1915 he acted as chairman of the faculty of engineering . |
| 14 | He acted as go-between postman , and from time to time he walked with Helen across and around the Common and talked to her a great deal about Edward . |
| 15 | As a Catholic and exemplar civil servant he acted as adviser to and mediator between the government and the Catholic Church authorities . |
| 16 | In particular , he acted as adviser to the Labour Party continuously from the 1930s till his death . |
| 17 | He acted as dean of the law faculty and served on the court . |
| 18 | From 1828 to 1850 he acted as engineer to the Scottish Fisheries Board , in which capacity he built or improved numerous harbours , including Dunbar , Fraserburgh , Inverness , and Wick . |
| 19 | And for a few fleeting months during our 1992 winter of discontent , he acted as guru to the IRFU on the way ahead for the sport . |
| 20 | He acted as syndicator for huge pools of capital . |
| 21 | In 1224 he acted as envoy to the disgraced courtier , Falkes de Breauté [ q.v. ] , during the siege of Bedford Castle . |