Sentence examples for constituted an act from inspiring English sources
R. R. Patil, Maharashta's home minister, said investigative agencies would determine whether the blasts constituted an act of terrorism.
The agency could have invoked its power of "special inspections," but this would have constituted an act of confrontation wholly foreign to the I.A.E.A.'s nature.
Given that Mr. Richardson held positions in the Clinton administration, and is a friend to Mrs. Clinton, the endorsement constituted an "act of betrayal," Mr. Carville said.
Out of committee and awaiting action, probably next week, his proposal would extend existing Federal criminal statutes to cover any crime against an American citizen anywhere in the world if that crime constituted an act of terrorism.
"This constituted an act of unprecedented treachery: the campaign of a nominee for President of the United States in league with a hostile foreign power to bolster its own chance to win the presidency," he said.
Mr. Musharraf's case was heard in an antiterrorism court on Saturday because a judge had earlier declared that the former president's detention of senior judges constituted an act of terrorism.
"I think that constitutes an act of war by Russia against the American constitutional system," Bolton said.
Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said: "These attacks clearly constitute an act of war.
Anything else is unacceptable under the United Nations charter and would constitute an act of aggression.
