Sentence examples for be to act from inspiring English sources

The duty of this state-appointed named person will be to act as the child's guardian.

How insecure, confused and panicky a country must be, to act as Israel acted!

Mr. LuPone's assignment seems to be to act as consort to her essentially regal screen personality.

For one thing, to refuse may not be to act "wilfully".

Ms. Ashton said that if Bosnia wanted to pursue membership in the European Union, its "first priority" must be to act on that ruling.

Higher prices may cause a surge in headline inflation but their main effect will be to act as a tax on consumers.

The appeal to the German public would be to act in its own long-term interests, instead of getting distracted by short-term costs.

"The easiest thing would be to act in a cowardly and professionally irresponsible fashion and hand the case file to a judge as is," Bravo said.

The more you know about what to do and where to go, the better equipped you'll be to act quickly and decisively.

Mr. Glenn's primary duty will be to act as a test subject for investigations of physiological changes from space flight that appear to parallel changes in aging humans.

We could also tweak our personal aspirations: maybe our aim should be to act more like heroic role models rather than heroic researchers.