Sentence examples for acted in place of from inspiring English sources

On Tuesday Carmody acted in place of De Jersey, who was on leave, by receiving the premier Campbell Newman for election formalities at government house.

The law, passed last year, allowed the state to appoint a receiver to act in place of local officials in Central Falls, which declared fiscal insolvency in May.

Tells how the present operation of the government undermines democracy and how the Supreme Court acts in place of the executive and legislative branches.

"The trees act in place of natural plant growth," said Charlie Peek, a spokesman for the parks service in North Carolina, which has been using Christmas trees to spur dune revival for years.

That is this case: Congress specified that Exchanges should be established and run by the states, but the contingency provision permits federal officials to act in place of the state when it fails to establish an Exchange.

The formation of a hydrogen bond between the oxygen atom in the methoxy group and the NH group of the amide creates a pseudo 6-membered ring that may act in place of ϕ1 when combined with the thiophene ring.

Unlike the Assistant Chief, the Deputy had the authority to act in place of the Chief of the Air Staff CASS) if required.

Under Michigan law, the emergency manager has broad powers to act in place of the mayor and council, but the manager can assign tasks to elected officials if he chooses.

The system uses no external pump or ventilator, which could overload a baby's underdeveloped organs; instead, the baby's heart pumps blood through the umbilical cord into a low-resistance external oxygenator, which acts in place of a placenta in swapping out oxygen and carbon dioxide.

This K+ current may act in place of IKSper to enhance Ca2+ entry.

Therefore, IRF7, IRF1, and IRF9 most likely do not act in place of IRF3 in BV-2 microglia cells in response to TLR3 and TLR4 stimulation.