Sentence examples for the act of placing from inspiring English sources

"The act of placing my client on administrative leave is not supported in either the constitution or bylaws of the N.B.P.A".

But in both "Twist" and "Idaho," the act of placing a larger-than-life literary figure in a constrained, narrowly naturalistic environment merely strips the characters of their scale and interest.

"Getting action" is the act of placing a bet; being "in action" is the high that follows, a state of arousal that neurologists have likened to doing a line of cocaine.

(Knuckling is the act of placing a marble on the forefinger, balancing that finger or the bottom of the hand against the ground, and shooting the marble outward with the thumb).

Unlike the rest of the body, which tends to reject foreign implants, the nervous system is incorporative -- meaning that the act of placing a chunk of metal into the brain is more like rewiring a light switch than reinventing the wheel.

New York, for instance, prohibits operation or promotion of an unlicensed casino, but it does not make the act of placing a bet a crime, said Kenneth M. Dreifach, chief of the Internet bureau for the New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer.

In the painting 1968/2014 the simple act of placing these contrasting gestures side by side reminds me that history doesn't remain in the past.

The rather abstract, momentarily fashionable notion of voting Lib Dem and the concrete act of placing a cross in the box next to the name of a Liberal Democrat candidate turned out to be two entirely different things.

And now he's on the board of trustees!" How the simple act of placing one object next to another can create loaded relationships is particularly vivid in Mr. Wilson's contribution to "Art Inside Out," on view through December at the Children's Museum of Manhattan, where he, Elizabeth Murray and William Wegman created works that kids are invited to rearrange.

"The liturgical act of placing an offering of money into the offertory plate is understood to be a form of worship," said the Rev. Laurel Johnston, the officer for stewardship in the Episcopal Church.

Marching was an act of survival and the literal act of placing one foot in front of the other assured us of progress even when circumstances seemed bleak.