Sentence examples for namely to act from inspiring English sources

Namely, to act as a kind of Scotland-centric dating service for musicians: to put unlikely pairings together, with the thinking that opposites might attract.

That was their "tremendous responsibility" and "great obligation," namely, "to act as worthy trustees of distant generations and of future times".

According to the Jansenist theory of grace, God intervenes in the lives of individuals and makes it possible for them to choose something that otherwise they could not have chosen, namely, to act in a manner that is conducive to salvation.

At the end of his life, in 1945, he writes that the view he has inherited from Cook Wilson, namely that to act is to originate a change, has to be wrong.

Could this simple piece of reasoning suffice to reject what we seem to experience all the time, namely our power to act directly upon external realities and to be immediately affected by them?

Tyson sheepishly agreed but then told me what he tells himself all the time, namely, that he needs to act like a bone-crazy thug in order to sell tickets.

Namely, people will decide to act environmentally, if they think it is possible to act.

For how we should aspire to be is a conceptual question, namely, of how we ought to act, as opposed to an empirical question of how we do act.

Thin layer of graphene, carbon nanotubes embedded on a conductive polymer matrix (PEDOT PSS) and ZnO quantum dots are incorporated on the surface of photoelectrode namely 'In' rich CuInS2 (ICIS) to act as corrosion resistant layers.

Charter schools take a different approach that appeals to parents; namely, they act with the conviction that all students can learn and expect educators to modify their approach to make it happen.

There is a clear intention to frustrate the presumed purpose of the 1994 act, namely to promote the opportunities for Travellers to lead a settled life on their own land.