The phrase "acts were done" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing actions that have been completed or performed, often in a formal or legal setting.
Example: "In the investigation, it was determined that several acts were done without proper authorization."
Alternatives: "actions were taken" or "deeds were performed".
Both acts were done to promote his career, they contend.
In this case there is absolutely no doubt that criminal acts were done.
Above bin Laden's startled face, there are four long paragraphs on the mission to hunt down and kill him, followed by a paragraph of editorializing: Children, the truth is, these terrorist acts were done by freedom-hating radical Islamic Muslim extremists.
"I choose not to describe what acts were done that we found upon arrival, because I think that's part of changing the tone in Washington," Mr. Fleischer said, adding: "The president understands that transitions can be times of difficulty and strong emotions.
Furthermore, examination and all associated acts were done during transport and at the site of initial treatment only if primary care was ongoing and not disturbed by neurological or ultrasound examination.
Text on another page depicting a Navy SEAL aiming a gun at bin Laden, according to Time, reads, "Children, the truth is, these terrorist acts were done by freedom-hating radical Islamic Muslim extremists.
Punishment is not, in our days, inflicted for the motives for which lawful acts are done.
The most horrific acts are done not by strangers but by parents and siblings, and not out of material need but out of jealousy and desire and greed.
Remarkably, in different trials each of these three acts are done without doing the other two.
Then, once the opening acts are done, and Manhattan is in shambles, the big guy is ready for his close-up".
When discussing equal pay and gender inclusion, many people assume that sexist acts are done by men to women in a conscious manner.
