Sentence examples for acts of omission from inspiring English sources

"It involves acts of omission and commission".

In some cases, Vick's sins of commission may be matched by willfully blind consumers' acts of omission.

And then there are the many acts of omission, such as when soldiers could have killed captives without negative repercussions but decided not to.

Perhaps the Myanmar example is anomalous in that it involves a natural disaster and a malefactor government's acts of omission, not commission.

What's the difference between acts of omission and of commission in the case of US authorities in Iraq Iraqq war logs, 23 October)?

In her debut novel Acts of Omission (John Murray, £14.99), former BBC journalist Terry Stiastny proves herself a skilful prose stylist and a connoisseur of telling details.

But it is bloodless and, at worst, an act of omission on the player's part.

As striking, if not more so, was a deliberate act of omission.

Missed nursing care is considered an act of omission with potentially detrimental consequences for patients, nurses, and organizations.

Obama's fateful act of omission is much debated as he nears the end of his presidency.

So both of them failed to do their jobs, Comey with an act of commission and Lynch with an act of omission.