Sentence examples for capacity of act from inspiring English sources

In England and Wales the Mental Capacity of Act (MCA) [ 13], designed to protect people who can't make decisions for themselves or lack the mental capacity to do so, provides a statutory framework where ACP must be used and not relegated to a practice option.

At approximately 9 00 p.m., I was asked by the President to serve in the capacity of Acting Attorney General.

However the capacity of this act to effect imminent change in the treatment of the mentally ill is cautioned by the fact that within Kintampo districts existing legislation which should in theory protect the rights of the mentally ill, is routinely breached with impunity.

The second area of potential for male involvement interventions identified above is the opportunity provided by these interventions to support men's ability to challenge gender roles and norms alongside women, premised on the recognition of men's capacity to act as agents of change.

Rawls also restricted participation in the Original Position to those with two "moral powers": the capacity to form and revise one's own conception of the good; and the capacity for a sense of justice, the capacity to act on and apply fair terms of cooperation (ibid).

Rather, because they're both highly charismatic and excited politicians with a demonstrated capacity to act independently of their party's leadership.

Discussions about "empowerment" also point in the direction of the capacity to act [75, 76].

This review summarizes the available in vitro, in vivo, and informatic methods designed to evaluate different aspects of the capacity of proteins to act as true food allergens.

This paper illustrates the capacity of religion to act as a mutually beneficial partner with science in helping to contextualize astrobiological issues in diverse societies across the world.

Unless, of course, the capacity of states to act as efficient units of production and distribution is linked to their being distinctive political communities with a particular culture of shared meanings worth preserving.

The institutional view argues that "the capacity of actors to act in their collective interest depends on the quality of the formal institutions under which they reside" (Adger 2009).