Sentence examples for to act given from inspiring English sources

An internal memo Comey sent to staff, leaked to several news organizations, suggests the director felt he had no choice but to act, given his testimony to Congress.

One problem is that landlords have little incentive to act, given that they foot the bill for any improvements, but the tenant benefits from lower energy bills.

It may even push regulators to act given that I.S.S.'s report was quite vocal in asserting that Mr. Pandit's pay was untethered to Citigroup's actual performance.

The AU's limp-wristed response to Nkurunziza's actions may be because it lacks the moral authority to act given that in January it appointed 91-year-old ruler of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe to lead it.

But the president did not detail exactly how he intended to act, given the hostility in Congress and industry to taxes on carbon dioxide emissions or any broad-gauged legislative effort to address the problem.

John Whittingdale, chairman of the Commons culture select committee – which last year accused News International of "collective amnesia" over the allegations – expressed astonishment that the Yard had finally decided to act, given the evidence in a range of documents in its possession for the last five years.

We must be prepared to act, give the president flexibility that he needs to respond to this gathering threat to protect American lives and address the threat to global peace.

Boxer, who has said that her vote against the Iraq war was her proudest moment, has said that a failure to act "gives Assad license to use these weapons again".

As she said, "Acting gives vent to all the people I want to be".

We cannot, however, in good conscience fail to act now given the urgency of the problems caused by the collapse of personal accountability for Wall Street elites.

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