Sentence examples for as a next act from inspiring English sources

As Paul Ryan tries to extend the bipartisan honeymoon that accompanied his inauguration as Speaker of the House into 2016, passing the much-lauded criminal justice compromise that a group of senators unveiled last fall looks awfully tempting as a next act.

For Iger -- who is expected to depart Disney after his contract expires in 2018 -- the chance to become a minority owner of an NFL franchise and oversee development of a 168-acre project next to the 405 Freeway was seen as a fitting next act for a star executive.

Gilbert has established herself as a straight-up storyteller who dares us into adventures of worldly discovery, and this novel stands as a winning next act.

Which is fitting, really, as the next act is Faces of Disco.

Mitt Romney walks onstage as the next act, and I start clapping ironically.

When digging began, the remains of terraces and structures destroyed by centuries of neglect and the ravages of war were found buried under dense undergrowth.While Mr Lablaude's team turns its attention to other jewels among the groves, the American Friends of Versailles are planning to provide transport for the disabled as their next act of philanthropy.

On an international level, his management wouldn't even countenance Henry sharing a ring with either Sonny Liston or Joe Frazier, which makes all the "what would have happened if Henry had stopped Ali?" articles rather redundant, seeing as Ali's next act after his first fight with Cooper was to beat Liston.

But it also served as a prequel of sorts for his improbable next act as a presidential nominee, who next week will return to prime time as the ringmaster of the Republican National Convention.

For the purposes of international security, as defined by the west, and for the purposes of global jihad, as promoted by al-Qaida, its affiliates and copycat groups, southern Algeria, a Muslim country with a long history of hardline Islamist agitation, is as good a theatre as any for the next act of their ongoing, many faceted confrontation, and perhaps better in some significant respects.

Carmelo Anthony, already a superstar forward for the New York Knicks, is looking ahead to his next act as a venture capital mogul.

When Aurora appears in the next act, as a real young woman, supposedly ready for marriage, she is still a cute brat.