Sentence examples for act as in from inspiring English sources

A couple was "having a love affair," even if he was clearly referring to a one-time sex act, as in "I opened the door, and there they were, having a love affair right there on the floor".

In this act, as in whole stretches of the opera, there are few stand-alone arias.

Women had influence only when they persuaded men to act, as in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

For the premiere only, the first two acts were performed on the Saturday evening, with the third act – as in the story – starting at midday on the Sunday.

Sometimes I have to read the riot act ("As in FFS take a holiday and get your strength back – trust me the world will not stop turning without you!").

There is no wedding act as in American Ballet Theater's production, and Mr. Grigorovich has choreographed a solo for Solor in the betrothal scene and moved the usual male solo.

Mutation acts as in classical genetic algorithms, while the fitness-based selection operates through a Gibbs measure (Boltzmann selection).

Mr Théodore notes the growing tendency for big investment banks to act as in-house exchanges for clients.

These commando-like management teams descend on the newly acquired company and act as in-house consultants.

In this paper, OoA prepregs skins were applied to honeycomb sandwich structures, to act as in-plane air extraction media during the vacuum hold prior to cure.

It is proposed that the oligo-acrylamide acted as in-situ seeds directs the fibriform morphology of the fiber.