Sentence examples for and in the act from inspiring English sources

It will be noticed that, in these statutes, the term 'device' is associated with other words indicative of its meaning, and, in the act of March 2 , 1889 the shipper, for falsely acting as to weighing, billing, classifying, or obtaining the transportation of property at less than the regular rate, or by any other device, was deemed guilty of fraud.

And, in the act of 1903, acts are prohibited which 'tend' to accomplish the prohibited results.

My dad left and, in the act of defiance, I remained.

And in the Act I love duet, he inflects ardent phrases with dusky vocal colorings and richness.

The flanker was tackled just short of the line and, in the act of plunging the ball down, his shoulder popped out.

"He really wanted to make something that he could take to the supermarket, and in the act of using it, influence the people around him," he said.

Acts on the bill include sketch duo Thunderbards and cereal-in-the-face act Candy Gigi Markham.

Patricia Arquette and Joey King star as Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard in "The Act," which is based on a true story.

Confusion and hardships have resulted, from both the commission's decision-making and provisions in the act itself.

Here you clearly have a governor engaged in this and caught in the act".

To me, they seem to contain a lot of happiness and pleasure in the act of looking.