Example sentences of "act [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you act for a mortgagee on such a purchase of unregistered land , you will again need a certified copy of the mortgage document ; so be wise in time and have a spare carbon or print ( if you are using a building society or other printed form ) prepared when engrossing .
2 With a registered title , this is normally the only final search you make except when you act for a mortgagee : then a bankruptcy search must be made against the borrower because your title search will not , of course , reveal anything about him or her .
3 In the case of a registered title there 's one occasion , as mentioned above , when you make a land charges search , and that 's when you act for a mortgagee .
4 In such a case when you act for a building society-mortgagee , therefore , you will hand over an undertaking to the buyer 's conveyancer , undertaking forthwith to redeem the mortgage and to send the redeemed mortgage or ( as the case may be ) LR form 53 to the other side .
5 When you act for a buyer , always go through the answers you receive to your preliminary enquiries , search and additional enquiries made of the local authority , marking each of these with a tick if it is satisfactory , or with a cross if it is not , or if it requires further elucidation .
6 If the conveyancer for the lessor refuses to delete it , or if you act for a purchase of an existing lease that includes such a provision , you should always explain to your client the nature of the provision , its unusual nature and its disadvantages ( putting off a subsequent prospective buyer or mortgagee , delay and expense in taking up references and obtaining the licence ) .
7 I just say , ’ I act for a living ’ . ’
8 ( 4 ) If you haven " t already heard , write to the selling agent for full particulars of the sale and parties , etc. ( 5 ) If you act for a seller whose unregistered title deeds are with a bank , building society , etc , write for the deeds , or ( if they are not clients of yours ) for the name and address of the conveyancers to whom they will be sent , and from whom an abstract can be obtained .
9 Here are some points on this agenda when you act for a seller , mortgagor or lessor .
10 As when you act for a seller or mortgagor , add any other documents which suggest themselves as the matter proceeds .
11 The report , prepared by the consulting group Segal Quince Wicksteed of Cambridge , says that international facilities can boost the long-term economic fortunes of companies that supply them with equipment and services , act as a magnet for other high-technology companies and generally raise the public profile of science .
12 As in the opening stages of the civil war in Croatia , the army says it has intervened to protect its soldiers and facilities and act as a buffer between warring sides .
13 Here a skyscraper could rise to its full glory , act as a gateway from the west , take advantage of undeveloped land , and be reflected Manhattan-style in a widening river .
14 Economic forces act as a check on political power and promote the greatest good of the greatest number .
15 Not only do notes provide a record that can be referred to , but they also act as a check on how well you are listening .
16 They also act as a badge of ownership , particularly to other males of the same species .
17 According to Scott they occupy a ‘ contradictory class location ’ between labour and capital , but essentially they act as a service or lieutenant class for business leaders .
18 Hops , brought to Britain in the 15th century by Dutch brewers , not only add bitterness and aroma but also act as a preservative and prevent infections in the brew .
19 Hops on the vine : the oils in the hop give bitterness to beer and also act as a preservative against infection
20 The country will , in effect , act as a banker , paying for new stations and being paid off from revenue over about three years .
21 It is hoped that the following chapters , contributed by an international team of acknowledged experts in their own field of scholarship , will help to counter the peripheralization from which Siberian historiography has partly suffered in the west , will illuminate and underline both the importance and the fascination of Siberia 's role in Russian history , and also act as a stimulus to further research and publication in this relatively neglected area .
22 Input signal from the micro goes to DAC1 , the scale factor being written to DAC2 which , in this configuration , act as a divider to modify the output by the scale factor input from the micro .
23 A dog — or better still — a gaggle of geese not only act as a deterrent to a prowler , but also provide an excellent ‘ alarm ’ .
24 Spadefoot toads have a number of anti-predator tactics , one of which is to inflate the lungs and hence the body , which may fool the snake into thinking the toad is larger than it really is and act as a deterrent .
25 When the product is released many times to different clients , specific ‘ issues ’ act as a cross-reference delineating the relationship between the product and the client .
26 ‘ We discuss the benefits of greyness as it relates to our lives , ’ we explained , ‘ and also act as a support network for those who feel embarrassed at going grey .
27 The wort sugars act as a nutrient for the yeast which devours them .
28 To possess someone in the mind is to be saved from a brutal repudiation in reality , and instead to love the ethereal , which can neither disappoint nor satisfy , but only act as a goad .
29 AT&T Co says it is studying a device that would turn an ordinary television set into a terminal that could call up films , shows and information or act as a video telephone , but it insisted that it is only in the prototype phase and denied a Los Angeles Times story that a field test of the technology would be announced next month ; it would neither confirm nor deny that it is teaming up with BellSouth Corp and Viacom International Inc in the interactive television work .
30 Secondly , there is a need to facilitate the finance of other objectives of economic policy such as fulfilling the objectives of the SEA , and act as a handmaiden to growth both inside and outside the EC .
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