Example sentences of "[pron] acted for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berger said , ‘ I acted for the best . |
| 2 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 3 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 4 | The bid was expected this week or next , with finance arranged through Manufacturers Hanover and Charterhouse , which acted for the brothers in the past . |
| 5 | Trevor Hicks , whose two daughters were among those who died , and Peter Jackson , the Liverpool solicitor who acted for the Football Supporters ' Association at the Hillsborough Inquiry , both condemn the FA for acting in haste . |
| 6 | ‘ When the boy came to see me , he was very shaky , ’ said legal executive Mary Jolly , who acted for the boy . |
| 7 | Even when the incumbent on the throne showed little inclination for active policy-making , those who acted for the Tsar owed their power solely to proximity to the throne . |
| 8 | According to David Mason of the London art dealers MacConnal Mason , who acted for the musicals composer Andrew Lloyd Webber in the recent purchase of Canaletto 's ‘ Old Horse Guards , London ’ at Christie 's , the picture is the first work of art to be bought by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation . |
| 9 | When making an appointment the court must consider appointing the guardian who acted for the child previously ( FPCR , r10(8) ; FPR , r4.10(8) ) . |
| 10 | He said that loss adjusters who acted for the council 's insurers after November 's fire , would be attending a meeting to discuss the claim as soon as the sketches are ready . |
| 11 | As a public corporation ( 'epic ’ ) , it acted for the state in contracting work out to arms and electronics manufacturers . |