Sentence examples similar to a conclusive act from inspiring English sources

The protagonist's conclusive act of devotion has a rare, symphonic exaltation; a theatrical decrescendo that reunites the characters with a strain of bluff comedy raises the stuff of daily life to luminous glory.

Boarding a long haul flight involves hateful preliminaries: unnecessary frisking, insolent security personnel, the removal clothing items that do not logically lead to a conclusive sexual act.

We may have a good (even a conclusive) reason to act in a certain way, but also a second-order permission not to act on that good reason.

Moral requirements according to this view have force only when they are backed not only by direct moral reasons but also by the entire scheme of reasons by which I make practical choices and these might point to a conclusive reason not to act morally.

By conceptual analysis alone we can know only that wrongness is a property of actions (and perhaps intentions and attitudes); that people are generally opposed to what they regard as wrong; that wrongness is a reason, perhaps a conclusive reason, for opposing an act; and that there are certain acts (e.g. torture for fun) that are wrong.

The choice to delay a conclusive statement may have been an act of caution, to avoid a black eye in the event that the economy contracts again before reaching its previous peak.In this section Upper bound The way up When did it end?

Attorney General Ashcroft said at a news conference that investigators "are not able to rule out an association with the terrorist acts of Sept. 11, but neither are we able to draw a conclusive link at this time".

"We will wait for a conclusive test".

These discoveries gave Simons a conclusive edge.

A conclusive Labour win: no ifs, no buts.

The Post reported that the tests "provided a conclusive match".