ADJ

advertising, election, estate, insurance, land, letting, literary, managing, parliamentary, patent, press, publicity, travel
local
The company has developed sales through local agents in key markets

VERB + AGENT

employ, have, use
I have an agent who deals with all my contracts
appoint, engage, get (sb), hire
If you want to get published, get yourself an agent!
act as
sack

PREP

through an ~
She got the work through an agent
~ for
an agent for a shipping company

ADJ

intelligence
enemy, foreign
federal, government
secret, undercover
double
As a double agent, he worked for the Americans and the Russians

VERB + AGENT

work as

ADJ

chief, main, primary, prime, principal
effective
human
moral, rational
free
I told him I couldn't stop him, he was a free agent

PREP

~ for
The charity is an agent for social change

PHRASES

an agent for/of change