Sentence examples for purporting to act from inspiring English sources

"We allege the criminal misconduct on his [Dizaei's] part was purporting to act as a police officer protecting citizens," Mr Wright said.

It is not enough, she wrote, to say that an employee cannot further his own undisclosed financial interest while purporting to act in the interest of others.

An offence has to be "proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of: (a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or (b) any person who was purporting to act in such capacity".

There is general legal principle that a professional, or someone purporting to act professionally, should act in accordance with: (1) the practice accepted as proper by a responsible, reasonable and respectable body of opinion; or (2) the recognised practice within his/her profession.

If America is going to purport to act as mediator in this and other disputes, it has an obligation to act fairly, speak honestly and, above all, stand for justice.NIKETH VELAMOORNew YorkSIR As an Israeli, I feel deeply ashamed.

These critics charge that consumerist movements in advanced countries are too quick to equate their preferences with the best interest of the labourers and environmental concerns on whose behalf they purport to act.

Turkey, as but one example, has brazenly and unjustifiably occupied one-third of the island nation of Cyprus for 41 years, deployed an estimated 40,000 Turkish troops there, and transferred countless settlers from Anatolia, yet there's not a peep against Ankara from those who purport to act in the name of "justice" and against "occupation".

Increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma that are seen in psoriasis are purported to act as neuromodulators and may mediate depressive disorders.

Walmart purports to act on its customers' behalf in order to "save people money so they can live better".

Little is known about the group, which first appeared on Facebook on 21 January, and purports to act solely against the Muslim Brotherhood.

Few in their audience – kids notwithstanding – may ever have believed that stage conjurors genuinely dabble in the supernatural, but at least that's what the acts occasionally purported to do.