Example sentences of "acted as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those acquainted with them , like Sergiu Celac , who acted as interpreter for so many meetings with English-speaking heads of government and heads of state , sometimes thought that they detected vestiges of their changing sexual relationship . |
| 2 | Cedd , who acted as interpreter at the council , died in this plague ( HE 111 , 23 ) , probably on 26 October 664 , and so did Tuda , appointed bishop of Lindisfarne in succession to Colmań who returned to Iona after Oswiu had given his decision at Whitby in favour of the Catholic Easter ( HE 111 , 27 ) . |
| 3 | Ronnie Cairns , a fluent Japanese speaker who acted as interpreter , said : ‘ They met these boys in Botanic Gardens and were chatted up . |
| 4 | Thomas Mountford , Warwick 's retainer , acted as guarantor of an arbitration by Gloucester and was given an annuity by him after his accession , while his kinsman John was one of the duke 's chaplains . |
| 5 | Thomas Mountford , Warwick 's retainer , acted as guarantor of an arbitration by Gloucester and was given an annuity by him after his accession , while his kinsman John was one of the duke 's chaplains . |
| 6 | Entertainment was in the capable hands of instrument mechanic Dennis Brown , who acted as compere and arranged for a guest appearance by Blackpool duo Rendezvous . |
| 7 | James Dunn , an official in the State Department who acted as chairman of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee , informed Brigadier-General George Lincoln of the Operations Division that it was desirable that as much of Korea as possible be occupied . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Wright acted as Chairman with two principals , John Haddon and Samuel Davis , and these three were probably the founder members . |
| 10 | He also acted as auditor for a number of major international joint ventures . |
| 11 | In 1681 Lodwick was elected to membership of the Royal Society , and thereafter frequently acted as auditor to the council . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was probably this John de Lovetot who acted as bailiff of the escheated honour of Peverel of Nottingham from 1258 to 1260 or 1261 . |
| 14 | In the District , Pateman acted as secretary to the WETUC 's divisional committee . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This episode bears considerable similarity to the fate of Lord Grey de Wilton , Lord Deputy of Ireland to whom Spenser acted as secretary . |
| 17 | She was responsible for the CNAA 's response to the James Report , and acted as Secretary to the joint CNAA-NCDAD group in 1972–73 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Occasionally an innovative structure was put up without spires and gargoyles : Congregationalists in the Hertfordshire villages of Braughing and Puckeridge spent £1,275 not just in refitting the chapels and manse but in building an unsectarian village centre where the minister acted as warden . |
| 20 | As things turned out , Cabernet acted as catalyst , improving Chianti but forcing Sangiovese to show how good it really was under pressure . |
| 21 | 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 . ) |
| 22 | Messrs Ransom , Morland and Hammersley acted as treasurer . |
| 23 | In 1915 she helped to organize an international women 's peace conference at The Hague , and until 1922 she acted as treasurer to the Women 's International League . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | My reporting for the Times-Herald under the avuncular guidance of Fred Workman ran the whole spectrum of events , incidents and activities : I spent days at the annual Wild West Rodeo and Stampede absorbing as much of the cowboy lingo as possible ; I acted as Master of Ceremonies for a fox trot competition sponsored by Cal Temple and Trudie , his business-like wife ; I interviewed all visiting celebrities including MacKenzie King , the Prime Minister , and R.B. Bennett , the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa ; I interviewed Jimmy Gardiner as Minister of Agriculture , after he gave up his post as Premier of Saskatchewan ; I covered celebrity concerts and the annual Chatauqua programmes , among many other things . |
| 26 | Amongst them are subject pictures but in the main they are portraits , including a major group of Mary I , to whom Eworth acted as court painter , albeit without any official status . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | This was not quite ready when Mozart set off for Munich and so Mozart 's letters to his father , who acted as intermediary between him and the librettist , reveal a great deal of the process of writing . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |