Sentence examples for to act only from inspiring English sources

Whether exercising his discretion or acting on a petition from the school district, the governor was authorized to act only as an agent of the Assembly.

That, they say, best suits armed forces that seek to act only in self-defence.

She said the government tends to act only when children are exposed to content considered obscene.

He said he had decided to act only a few days before the attack.

The best-laid communal schemes would fall apart once people began to act only as individuals, or formed elites.

But liberty is a completely empty ideal if we are free to act only when our conception of our interests coincides with those of experts, medical and otherwise.

Constrained by the unpopularity of bailouts at home, political leaders appear able to act only at the 11th hour, when they have no alternative, Mr. Véron said.

Constrained by the unpopularity of bailouts at home, political leaders appear able to act only at the eleventh hour, when they have no alternative, Mr. Véron said.

With bailouts for Greece and other euro zone nations unpopular with the German public, Mrs. Merkel has appeared able to act only when confronted by a looming crisis.

South Africa wanted it to act only by consensus, but Mr Mugabe wanted a mandate to do what he thought best.

As expected, China has called formally for America to act only with the approval of the UN Security Council (where China, like Russia, has a veto).