Sentence examples for act in direct from inspiring English sources

In 1990 the U.S. Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act in direct response to the Exxon Valdez accident.

"It is extraordinary that the chancellor has not ringfenced newbuild property from this change, as it will act in direct contradiction to the raft of government policy designed to expand the rate of housing construction.

Yes it would, and so what?" He said placing an empty chair to represent Mr Cameron would be a "political act, in direct contravention of [the broadcasters'] duty of impartiality".

The "competing interaction" model is predicated on, but not limited to, the physical interactions between Ctf7p and RFC complexes but posits that these RFC complexes do not necessarily act in direct opposition to one another.

The biological roles of the non-isothiocyanate products are not well established, but experimental studies indicate that they may act in direct and indirect defense [ 25, 27].

On the other hand, if volatiles act in direct defense against herbivores [ 2], their release from the damage site and apical, but not basal portions of leaves is not readily understandable unless feeding herbivores tend to move apically as they feed.

As Weismann first pointed out, the biological importance of these processes is that they enable the hereditary differences between the chromosomes to be recombined in the greatest number of ways to give the greatest number of different individuals and therefore the greatest scope for natural selection to act in directing evolutionary change.

Partisan warfare (always successful, as history testifies) acts in direct contradiction of this rule.

Now we have concrete evidence that GCHQ acts in direct, daily collusion with the NSA, even if that means trampling on the privacy of tens of millions of British citizens.

I find it ironic that you've got the Iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in Egypt when, in fact, they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in Egypt by gunning down and beating people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in Iran.

"I find it ironic that you've got the Iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in Egypt," he said, "when in fact they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in Egypt by gunning down and beating people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in Iran".