The phrase "act prior" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey the idea of taking action before a certain point in time, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "We need to act prior to the deadline to ensure everything is ready."
Alternatives: "take action beforehand" or "act in advance".
"State agencies will be forced to act prior to having all the information they need to make an adequate decision," said Anne Hedges, program director for the Montana Environmental Information Center, a watchdog group.
Overall, these data indicate that TCDD may act prior to pregnenolone formation and through AHR transcriptional control of Cyp1b1, leading to decreased hormone levels without affecting growth of antral follicles.
Reinach finds that deliberation is actually playing a symbolic role when its significance is interpreted in this fashion: it is taken to signify that the individual had in fact apprehended the disvalue of an act prior to choosing to perform it.
Unlike most conspiracy statutes, Section 241 does not require that one of the conspirators commit an overt act prior to the conspiracy becoming a crime.
(While Obama complied with the terms of the War Powers Act, prior congressional approval rested on the slim reed of a March 1 Senate resolution).
The current authorization period for the Child Nutrition Act expires this autumn, so Congress needs to finish the five-year reauthorization of this act prior to that date.
This removes the worry expressed above, that the prior distribution over hypotheses cannot be interpreted subjectively because it cannot be related to belief as a willingness to act: priors relate uniquely to particular predictions.
Yet in a sense, it was the two acts prior to Ashton even receiving the ball that made the score.
It does not allow a defendant to use victims' consent to sex acts, prior criminal conduct or their marital, sexual or familial relations as defenses.
"There's the babble of today's news, the clatter of all acts prior, the clamour of expectations.
"There's the babble of today's news, the clatter of all acts prior, the clamor of expectations.
