Sentence examples for act not of from inspiring English sources

It's private and it's fun; an act not of conformity but rebellion.

"Loving on" someone — whether he likes it or not — posits love as a volitional activity, an act not of passion but of will.

Other cultures describe translation as an act not of transferral but of change, more akin to alchemy; in ancient Babylon a translator was eme-bal, a "language turner".

The disputed instruction, even if erroneous, concerned a question of law under the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act not of constitutional dimension, and the Court relied on the fact that a proper objection had not been taken to the charge.

As their nature is revealed, Forle begins to discover in himself a capacity for violence that will culminate, by the end of the novel, in a critical act not of heroism but of revenge.

In the months that I spent talking with people in Braintree, I came to believe that there had indeed been a coverup, but that it had been an act not of conspiracy but of compassion.

Cobain presented his suicide as an act not just of personal despair but artistic defeat.

This is about being seen to act – not evidence of what is going to reduce harms.

That is why we speak not only of pictures, but rather of picture acts (Bildakten), not only of language, but of language acts, not only of perception but of acts of perception.

"There are hints of perversion, unspeakable acts, not just of elegance and style".

Wouldn't the act of not issuing a press release be better evidence thereof?