Sentence examples for could not act with from inspiring English sources
"Weapons could not be held accountable for their conduct because they could not act with criminal intent, would fall outside the jurisdiction of international tribunals and could not be punished.
The day after the encyclical appeared . . . a priest came with the question whether he should not in honesty to his conscience give up his priestly ministry; he could not act in accordance with the encyclical".
The Hungarians, without whom the government in Vienna could not act, urge a settlement with Serbia.
She added, however, that social care could not act as "universal surveillance" on families with a troubling history.
However, Rajinikanth could not act in the film due to schedule conflicts with Padayappa (1999).
Of course, this would involve working closely with other countries, as in many situations the UK could not act alone – but we could take a leadership role.
We could not act as we do if we could not rely on inference (etc).
Parliament must have conferred the discretion with the intention that it should be used to promote the policy and objects of the Act, and the Minister could not act so as to frustrate the policy and objects of the Act.
Until then, according to historian George Billias, "The two men could not act alone, and would not act together".
