Sentence examples for act to put from inspiring English sources

My mother was also trying to calm down my father's act, to put some distance between him and the saloons of Yorkville.

Five years ago, ministers tightened up the Freedom of Information Act to put an absolute block on any more letters of Charles's letters being published.

One of the young comics hated the sketch so much he started heckling, and Karno's immediate response was to change the act to put the hecklers centre stage.

Wilderness society Queensland campaign manager Tim Seelig said Hunt had the authority under the EPBC act to "put an immediate stop to the clearing".

Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said: "We are quick to condemn cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment in prison in other countries; now the Government must act to put right failings in our own women's justice system".

We must also act to put an end to the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy that not only discriminates against but also dishonors the service of gay and lesbian service members".

Republicans were solidly in the president's camp, with some noting that they acted to put pressure on the United Nations.

But that's why the government has already acted to put more money into the social care system.

"Given the magnitude of the hours and the puny amount they were paid, it just shows how misclassification of workers acts to put them into servitude".

The defendants acted to put out the coal fire and save the Earth because so much is in danger and immediate action is called for.

It had acted to put in a rule at the clearinghouse preventing travel agencies from converting e-tickets into paper tickets.