The phrase "act could not be" is not correct in standard written English as it lacks clarity and context.
It could be used in a sentence where you are discussing a specific action that was not possible or feasible.
Example: "The act could not be completed due to unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "action could not be" or "deed could not be".
The final act could not be endlessly deferred.
An immigration spokesman stressed the act could not be applied retrospectively.
By law ACT could not be partisan, which left me and others to express tepid support for undefined "progressive" candidates.
Carlos understood, before he raised his fist that day, that once done, his act could not be taken back.
In 1997, it ruled that the religious freedom act could not be applied constitutionally to the states.
L. 100 223, § 404(c), which directed the substitution of "Improvement Act" for "System Improvement Act" could not be executed because such words do not appear.
However, the official investigation into the matter concluded that the sexual act couldn't be qualified as rape as it was part of an agreed transaction of goods; apparently the Roma inmate was promised a stack of cigars in return for sex.
Unless the plaintiff was shown to have been an unlawful aggressor in the immediate incident, his prior acts could not be relevant.
The story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed?
The pope made clear that terrorist acts could not be justified, and he condemned as a "patent falsehood" claims that terrorist groups championed the poor and oppressed.
We can see no abuse of authority on the part of the court in directing that the order to show cause should be served on an attorney, since it is made to appear that the defendant, by reason of his own acts, could not be served personally.
