Example sentences of "act on [noun sg] of the " in BNC.

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1 4.1.1 The Lead Organization has represented and acted on behalf of the Parties in making an application to IEATP for a Government Grant and shall represent and act on behalf of the parties in the acceptance of such Grant on terms acceptable to all of the Parties hereto including the completion of the project to the satisfaction of IEATP .
2 Shortly afterwards I was telephoned by Morgan Phillips , the general secretary of the Labour Party , to say that Randolph had issued a writ for breach of copyright and was applying for an injunction that very afternoon , and would I act on behalf of the Labour Party ?
3 In concrete terms , de Valera was acting on behalf of the established economic interests of rural Ireland , in particular the small landowners and small businessmen .
4 In such cases , the official acting on behalf of the contestant may approach the arbitrator directly .
5 BUCKINGHAM PALACE 12 October : His Excellency Senhor Luis Neto-Kiambata was received in audience by The Prince of Wales and The Prince Edward , Counsellors of State acting on behalf of The Queen , and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the People 's Republic of Angola to the Court of St James 's .
6 He appealed unsuccessfully to the Privy Council , acting on behalf of the Queen , Bristol University 's Visitor , and a High Court judge over the university 's appeal procedures .
7 Responsibility for science and technology issues is to be brought together under the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , Mr William Waldegrave , acting on behalf of the Prime Minister .
8 If the individual is in fact acting on behalf of the company as an employee then the principle of vicarious liability would mean that the company ( as potentially the wealthier party ) might make a more attractive defendant from the plaintiff 's point of view .
9 1.1 WHEREAS the Government of the United Kingdom has promulgated a programme of pre-competitive research in the field of advanced information technology and has invited , through the agency of the Department of Trade and Industry 's Information Engineering Advanced Technology Programme ( ‘ IEATP ’ ) acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , and the Science and Engineering Research Council ( ‘ SERC ’ ) , applications for financial support from consortia of academic and non-academic organisations ; and
10 In such circumstances , the counsellor is acting on behalf of the counsellees rather than directly according to their wishes .
11 for proceeding to or from a public weighbridge for ascertaining its unladen weight or to or from any place for its registration or inspection by a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State ;
12 When , in 1860 , Cobden , a private citizen acting on behalf of the Government , negotiated a commercial treaty with France , it seemed that the era of universal free trade was well on its way .
13 Geoffrey le Baker lists in all thirty-five noble Frenchmen who were captured ; the Black Prince , acting on behalf of the king , bought fourteen of these noblemen from their captors for £66,000 and shipped them back to England .
14 The lawyer acting on behalf of the dealer argued that Sotheby 's should have stated explicitly that no such certificate accompanied the work .
15 These persons include the offeror , the target , or any officer , director , partner or employee or any other person acting on behalf of the offeror or target .
16 By that time — possibly as little as a year and a half after Jesus 's death — they must already have been widespread and numerous , because Paul , acting on behalf of the established Sadducee priesthood and armed with warrants from the High Priest , undertakes to hunt them out as far away as Damascus .
17 The Company was not acting on behalf of the government when it entered into the concession agreement .
18 It was argued that the Tin Council entered into the transactions with third parties as agent acting on behalf of the member States as undisclosed principal .
19 It seems that financial prudence would have led third parties to ensure that the manager was acting on behalf of the Council , whose credibility and creditworthiness rested upon its character as an international organisation of member States .
20 On 4 August 1989 solicitors acting on behalf of the relatives wrote to the coroner repeating the facts as I have summarised them and requesting that an inquest be held to inquire whether or not the death had been caused or aggravated by failures of the emergency services to respond to the calls and to attend in proper time .
21 The judge dismissed the wife 's appeal , holding that since there was no evidence that in deceiving his wife the husband was acting on behalf of the bank , they could not be held responsible for his misrepresentation and , therefore , the charge was enforceable against her .
22 ‘ There is , in my judgment , no evidence from which I am entitled to conclude that in deceiving his wife as to the effect of the documents , [ Mr. O'Brien ] was acting on behalf of the bank .
23 My Lords , the Director of Public Prosecutions , acting on behalf of the Government of Sweden , appealed to this House against a decision of a Divisional Court ( Stuart-Smith L.J .
24 ‘ This section applies if , at any time after 9 June 1988 , a landlord ( in this section referred to as ‘ the landlord in default ’ ) or any person acting on behalf of the landlord in default unlawfully deprives the residential occupier of any premises of his occupation of the whole or part of the premises .
25 The Lord President of the Privy Council acting on behalf of the visitor rejected the petition .
26 Deutsch has also made arrangements with King 's College Cambridge and the Society of Authors , acting on behalf of the estate of E M Forster , to renew and continue publication of the Abinger Edition of E M Forster , which will include not only some of the earlier works , but also the first publication of material contained in the King 's College Forster archives .
27 And er I always remember the lawyer who was acting on behalf of the union er said to these blacklegs , How would it be possible for you to see it though your window who was throwing the bricks seeing that the windows are so black and filthy you ca n't see the curtains that 's hanging up from the outside ?
28 Where the application has been submitted by an estate agent or other agent acting on behalf of the vendor , a direct approach at this early stage may give the developer ’ the edge ’ ( a slight advantage in any later sale or disposal arrangements ) .
29 The solicitor acting on behalf of the purchaser will have the opportunity to examine the conditions prior to exchange of contracts .
30 The polytechnics have moved out of local government control and are now funded by the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council acting on behalf of the Secretary of State .
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