In such, the Red Cross can also act as a verifying agency of the situation.

The church for its part acted as an administrative agency of colonial expansion and a major institution of social control.

This acted as a promotional agency, an artist-led workshop and a distribution service.

But this did not prevent it from acting as an effective agency of government.

UAM also acts as a global agency for artists' advancing or promoting overseas.

He said he had wanted to see a national statistics council to act as a protective agency 10 years ago.

My staff and I are able to act as intermediaries between you and a federal agency when you have a problem.

The association, which acts as a regulatory agency, derives its authority from Alberta statute.

Roy recalled the name of the concern; it was one that acted as an agency in buying and selling rare coins for wealthy collectors.

Pentagon officials say the patrols do not violate prohibitions that bar the military from acting as a law-enforcement agency.