Example sentences of "an act of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Council fathers decisively rejected Protestant doctrines on central issues such as justification , the presence of Christ in the Eucharist and sacramental efficacy , and promulgated a series of decrees on purgatory , the veneration of relics , images and saints , and indulgences — almost , it seems , as an act of defiance to the reformers who had denied them . |
| 2 | The Liberals chartered the GTP specifically as an act of defiance to the Canadian Conservative party and its allies on the CPR . |
| 3 | At her son 's funeral she refused to cry in an act of defiance to the IRA . |
| 4 | The child may retain his stools partly for the erotic pleasure of later letting go , but also as an act of defiance against the parents . |
| 5 | For Hobbes , legitimate authority derived only from an act of will by the person under an obligation . |
| 6 | Afterwards , when the boys had gone up to bed , he told Josh that Mabel 's death was an act of retribution on the part of Almighty God . ’ |
| 7 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 8 | Thus they completed their great work as an act of confession for the sins of the past . |
| 9 | There is no continuous evolution towards it ; it requires , somewhere along the line , an act of faith on the part of management . |
| 10 | That it is here at all is an act of faith on the part of the Academy 's management , who were well aware of the political overtones the show carried in the States and has inevitably brought with it to London . |
| 11 | Critique is replaced by commentary , and by an act of faith in the capacity of consumers to do surprising and amazing things with what they daily receive . |
| 12 | The authorities now maintained that the bombing was an act of revenge for the April 1986 raid on Tripoli by US aircraft [ see pp. 34454-59 ] and that available evidence indicated sole Libyan responsibility . |
| 13 | And it is often those who suffer abuse who are capable of horrendous acts of violence , storing up their hatred for release in an act of revenge against the world . |
| 14 | Non-cooperation , as Gandhi understands it , does not always have to be an act of love in the same way as satyāgraha has to be , but it is in act of love and consequently a branch of satyāgraha when it seeks to promote the good of a wrongdoer . |
| 15 | Assuming that the Commission makes recommendations acceptable to the Government , then there will not necessarily be a delay before the legislation is introduced as it is accepted that sentencing bargaining can be introduced in England and Wales simply by a Practice Direction from the Lord Chief Justice , or in Scotland by an Act of Adjournal in the High Court by the Lord Justice General . |
| 16 | They approved an act of union between the Churches , acknowledging the primacy of the popes . |
| 17 | Its purpose Augean — no less than to perform an act of reparation for the sins of students everywhere . |
| 18 | He began to recite an act of resignation to the Divine Will . |
| 19 | The European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) ruled on June 19 that UK courts were empowered to suspend an act of parliament on the grounds of its alleged incompatibility with European Community ( EC ) law . |
| 20 | As a landowner , he was actively interested in agricultural improvements , and in 1800 took a leading part in obtaining an Act of Parliament for the Muston drainage scheme , covering ten thousand acres frequently flooded by the rivers Derwent and Hertford . |
| 21 | There is thus a rule of construction that if a provision in an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is ambiguous , it should be given that interpretation which is consistent with international obligations rather than one which conflicts ( Inland Revenue Commissioners v Collco Dealings Ltd [ 1962 ] AC 11 ; similarly , there is some authority for seeking to protect fundamental constitutional statutes from unintentional repeals ( see , e.g. , per Lord Wilberforce in The Earl of Antrim 's Petition [ 1967 ] 1 AC 691 ) If , however , such devices do not evade the problem , then traditional notions of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament require that any provision in any later statute which is inconsistent with any earlier provision repeals the latter to the extent of any inconsistency , whether declared or intended to have this effect or not ( Vauxhall Estates Ltd v Liverpool Corporation [ 1932 ] 1 KB 733 ; Ellen Street Estates Ltd v Minister of Health [ 1934 ] 1 KB 590 ) . |
| 22 | ( There was an Act of Parliament in the reign of George I , just when this house was being built , which decreed that their measurements should not be less than 13½in by 9½in by ½in ; , and these dimensions are still more or less adhered to today . ) |
| 23 | Is it possible to challenge the validity of an Act of Parliament in the courts ? |
| 24 | The legal recognition of corporate character may be obtained either by a charter from the Crown , as in the case of most of our older corporations , like the Hudson 's Bay Company , some universities and their colleges , as well as of some more recent ones ; or directly by means of an incorporating Act of parliament , as in the case of certain public utilities ; or indirectly through an Act of Parliament like the Companies Act 1948 ( which has been amended by several later Acts of the same name , and consolidated by the Companies Act 1985 ) , which offers corporate character to any number of persons ( usually not less than seven ) associated for a lawful object , who are willing to comply with the statutory requirements as to registration and otherwise . |
| 25 | Preston quailed at the thought of being caught by Brenda in an act of passion on the sofa without a box of tissues to wipe up the drips . |
| 26 | ‘ … is a sign that the parishioners have a great affection for their church , and an act of commitment to the service of Almighty God , to whose honour and glory St Peter 's Church was built and maintained . ’ |
| 27 | As John Blair says for Lewes , ‘ the creation of a group of holdings within a convenient radius and accessible from one manorial centre must have been an act of policy by the priory or its patrons ’ . |
| 28 | It said that terrorism had too often been treated as a law-enforcement problem when it should be treated as a matter of national security and an act of aggression against the USA . |
| 29 | A communiqué issued at the end of the conference condemned the " US-led military campaign against Iraq [ as ] an act of aggression against the Arab nation " . |
| 30 | Hrawi , who was visiting Damascus , the Syrian capital , at the time of the assassination , described it as " an act of aggression against the state security " . |