Example sentences of "that [noun] acting [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Northern Echo was told that solicitors acting for the Grangetown families were now considering an injunction to put before a judge obliging British Steel and ICI to hand over precise information on the contents of their chimney emissions . |
| 2 | The only other argument that I have been able to find in support of tonight 's regulations is where the DSS states that the use of regulation 72 puts ’ an over-emphasis on the Department 's welfare role and overlooks the fact that persons acting for the claimant could have made inquiries on the claimant 's behalf . ’ |
| 3 | Small wonder that lawyers acting for the depositors describe their prospects as ‘ fair ’ . |
| 4 | It was reported on Nov. 26 that lawyers acting for the convicted Nazi war criminal , Klaus Barbie , were seeking his release on humanitarian grounds , claiming that he was suffering from cancer [ for Barbie 's 1987 trial see p. 35417 ] . |
| 5 | Thus , even on the unrealistic assumption that consumers acting through the market are able to force managements to produce at the lowest possible cost , companies nevertheless retain a discretion within that constraint over such issues as plant location , appropriate levels of automation , and policy on research and development , since these and other delegated questions do not yield unique least-cost solutions . |