Sentence examples for certain act from inspiring English sources

David told Allain, "There is a certain act of patronage that goes back to the Medici, when they were commissioning instruments directly from Stradivari.

Bond, In law, a formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (e.g., appearing in court or fulfilling the obligations of a contract).

Indeed to appreciate the play at all —especially the beginning —requires a certain act of faith on the part of the audience.

The defendant contends that it was a bargain with an implied condition that the premises taken were premises in front of which a certain act of State would take place by Royal Proclamation.

Other writs may be used to enforce the judgment of a court (attachment, delivery) or to require a lower court to furnish certain records (error) or perform a certain act (mandamus).

But the church no longer teaches that a certain act or prayer is equivalent to a specific number of days of penance, and Catholic officials stress that an indulgence is not a magic guarantee of absolution for all sins.

The results can be used to optimize certain acts included in these patients' nursing care plans.

In some cases, a ritual is based on avoiding certain acts.

Does God have a good reason for designating certain acts as moral and others as immoral?

Among them is a Republican plan to impose the death penalty for certain acts.

But certain acts, while not welcomed, do not rise to a crime, Leibowitz said.