Sentence examples for setting the act from inspiring English sources

When she states her intention of "stopping eating", we brace ourselves for the inevitable slide into anorexia – but in this fenland setting, the act of self-deprivation effects not a reduction, but an astonishing transformation.

The conceit of setting the first act in the squalid sacristan's office works reasonably well.

He decided to set the first act in 1890, the year of the ballet's premiere in St .Petersburg, Russia.

It is appropriate that Chekhov set the first act in the estate's nursery, because the middle-aged brother and sister behave like oblivious children.

There were previous discussions to set the first act in Thailand.

The death of Gil's mother in Philadelphia sets the one-act play spinning in unexpected directions.

The challenge was to set the one-act libretto of Le docteur Miracle by Léon Battu and Ludovic Halévy.

O'Neill sets the dingy act-one mood by slowly revealing the zonked-out denizens one by one.

Still, many deadlines set in the act have been missed by many years in the past.

The result shows that the food grain sector has to grow by 3.75%% annually to match provision of food grains according to the norm set by the act.

Section 1(3) extends the standards set by the Act not only to land but to any fixed or movable structure, which includes ships and aircraft.