Sentence examples for act several from inspiring English sources

By looking closely at the quotation above, we also note that Aldrich and Herker use the verb "act" several times: the boundary spanners are "acting as both filters and facilitators," "selectively act on relevant information," and "they act autonomously on some information".

Did he sign the Official Secrets Act? "Several times, probably".

Lawmakers have since expanded the act several times.

(One sign that you should act: several players are weeping openly).

MacMillan therefore tried to raise the dramatic temperature by tinkering with that act several times, never with totally successful results.

It was a complete riot of a jacket that he had used in his nightclub act several years earlier.

Mr. Obama has acted several times to combat the trend, including signing legislation to unlock cellphones, which allows consumers to switch providers while keeping the same device.

The European Commission acted several times this year to rein in member states, most recently launching legal action against Poland to protest the government's moves against judicial independence.

Shakespeare is known to have acted several of Jonson's plays.

Quiet, serious and generally unflappable, he acts several years older than he really is.

To address this financial barrier and increase access to affordable ACTs, several countries have introduced programmes to subsidize the price of ACTs in the private sector.