Sentence examples for previous acts from inspiring English sources

The authorities have shown little sympathy for those implicated in previous acts of violence against schoolchildren.

The worst disorders seem to take place in the wak of demonstrations protesting previous acts of hooliganism, often Fascist-inspired.

Apparently straightforward and practical, he compares the healer's gift to one of his previous acts: a very talented whippet.

Global businesses have also been concerned about potential liabilities involving previous acts by companies they have acquired.

Previous acts of terrorism involving liquid bombs on tubes and planes have required meticulous planning and the support of complex terrorist networks that stretch across continents.

Above her dangled the wet tail fins of previous acts; beside her was the paperback novel by Colette that she is reading when on break.

Each act of his, and each opinion expressed, is likely to abolish or controvert some previous act or expressed opinion.

The provisions of that previous Act still apply, but only to those who are still alive, have not moved home and took out tenancies before 1988.

Then, unwisely, Opik picked up a shoe and attempted ventriloquism – perhaps an attempt to upstage the previous act, comedian/vetriloquist Nina Conti.

She gave him a damn good one at the end of the previous act, when she showed him all that money.

The 1961 revision of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which raised the national minimum wage to the not exorbitant figure of $1.15 an hour, was a slight improvement over the previous act.