Sentence examples similar to a doing of an act from inspiring English sources

The law does not require the doing of a futile act.

As for some of those can't miss players who populate the Pittsburgh Penguins' roster, they are doing a bit of a disappearing act in their second-round series against Montreal, writes Ron Cook of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

I'll bet we could do a hell of a lounge act now.

So the real question is not "Is Nicki Minaj a feminist?" but rather "What is feminism?" Because if I were to consider feminism from every perspective in life, I think we would end up saying that anything a woman does of her own will is an act of feminism.

The second charge alleges that the father of three "did a series of acts which had a tendency to pervert the course of public justice" by falsely alleging in oral and written statements that he had been the victim of an unprovoked physical assault.

Gender is not something one is, it is something one does; it is a sequence of acts, a doing rather than a being.

"We do a couple of acts, then take a break," Mr. Mertes said.

For obvious reasons, it is a bit of a tightrope act; Holmes does not regret the "three beautiful souls" who came into her life, but neither does she shrink from describing the downsides of motherhood.

People are capable of doing very selfless acts of kindness".

A judge said it was "outrageous and inflammatory behaviour which could have precipitated serious public disorder". The defendants had contested a charge of doing a provocative act likely to cause public disorder or a breach of the peace.

The film's first part centres on Luke Glanton (Ryan Gosling), a charismatic biker doing a dangerous wall-of-death stunt act at a travelling fair.