Sentence examples for a certain act from inspiring English sources

David told Allain, "There is a certain act of patronage that goes back to the Medici, when they were commissioning instruments directly from Stradivari.

Bond, In law, a formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (e.g., appearing in court or fulfilling the obligations of a contract).

Indeed to appreciate the play at all —especially the beginning —requires a certain act of faith on the part of the audience.

The defendant contends that it was a bargain with an implied condition that the premises taken were premises in front of which a certain act of State would take place by Royal Proclamation.

Other writs may be used to enforce the judgment of a court (attachment, delivery) or to require a lower court to furnish certain records (error) or perform a certain act (mandamus).

But the church no longer teaches that a certain act or prayer is equivalent to a specific number of days of penance, and Catholic officials stress that an indulgence is not a magic guarantee of absolution for all sins.

Second, a certain act-type (like the act of performing hymen reconstruction) may not necessarily be perceived as signalling certain beliefs or attitudes.

First, a certain act-type (like the act of performing hymen reconstruction) may be the result of a variety of attitudes and beliefs on part of the agent performing the act.

You know, not that I live and breathe fancy restaurants, but on occasion when I find myself at a super fancy restaurant, I definitely feel like I have to put on a front, act differently, fit a certain way, act a certain way.

It's the mindset some have that women of a certain age should act a certain way, look a certain way and talk a certain way.

One poem, with a title that can't be printed in a family newspaper, employs a particularly hilarious metaphor for a certain sex act.