Example sentences of "[vb past] an act of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 21 September 1982 Mr. Dennis committed an act of bankruptcy by failing to comply with the requirements of a bankruptcy notice . |
| 2 | They approved an act of union between the Churches , acknowledging the primacy of the popes . |
| 3 | But before she died , Elizabeth I signed an Act of Parliament in 1600 ‘ for the recovering of many hundred thousand Acres of marshes ’ . |
| 4 | It was rare for mothers not to respond when they observed an act of helpfulness by their child . |
| 5 | The rebellion was crushed by the British Government , which then passed an Act of Union in 1801 , abolishing the Dublin parliament and integrating Ireland with the UK . |