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The phrase "act there was" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect construction and does not convey a clear meaning.
Example: "The act there was a significant change in policy."
Alternatives: "the action that occurred" or "the event that took place".
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His first act there was to release Young down the left.
Davies' disappearing act There was one question on everyone's lips at today's What the Papers Say Awards: what has happened to Independent on Sunday editor Tristan Davies?
Over the first two years of Labor's botched Coastal Trading Act there was a 63% decline in the carrying capacity of the major Australian coastal trading fleet.
For many of you will remember that it was around this time last year that a financial crisis was rolling over the Atlantic towards us, a crisis so great that if we did not act there was every possibility of a great new depression.
I think we danced to every famous act there was.
When BABs were enacted as part of the Recovery Act there was rare bipartisan support for the innovative program.
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In the White Act there is less to meddle with.
I left LinkedIn in mid-2015, my last act there being to help LinkedIn run the Economic Graph Challenge.
ACT There is no new ACT, moreover the ACT has not changed since 1989, except for adding an optional essay in 2005.
Between the first and second acts there is an enormous gap.
For every act, there is a consequence".
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