The phrase "act of stand" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to describe a specific action or behavior, but it lacks clarity and proper usage.
Example: "The act of stand during the national anthem is a sign of respect."
Alternatives: "act of standing" or "gesture of standing".
Most of the new comedies — there are more this year than in any recent year — follow traditional premises of workplace comedies, romantic comedies, fish-out-of-water comedies and comedies based on the acts of stand-ups (Whitney Cummings on NBC) or about real stand-ups (Chelsea Handler on NBC) or comebacks by stand-ups (Tim Allen on ABC).
I have my doubts that Papa Pope is going to let that act of violence stand.
They become the stars and auteurs of a grandiose spectacle, in relation to which "The Act of Killing" stands as a deadpan making-of documentary.
Twenty-five years later, that quiet act of rebellion stands out all the more in the increasingly commercial world of major college sports.
If § 2515 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 stood alone without any informative legislative history, the Court's conclusion with respect to the rights of these petitioners would be plainly correct.
For Panahi, though, the act of stealing stands in opposition to the act of filmmaking: To steal something is to affirm its reality, whereas to film a thing is to interrogate the same.
His response to a hideous act of inhumanity stands in stark contrast to the leadership role the United States took after World War II with its unspeakable atrocities in passing the Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations.
If it is so essential, Virginia's lawyers have asked, why should a judge believe that Congress intended for the rest of the act to stand without it?
Allowing the trivialization of the War Powers Act to stand will open the way for even more blatant acts of presidential war-making in the decades ahead.
Act Three on the quay at Le Havre with what the popular papers would call an "escape bid failure" followed by "lovers reunited on prison-ship" works well enough, but it is hard to understand how Puccini allowed the epilogue of the final act to stand as it does - a long death scene duet set improbably in "an interminable plain on the outskirts of New Orleans".
