Example sentences of "an act of [noun] to 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 | He began to recite an act of resignation to the Divine Will . |
| 5 | ‘ … 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 . ’ |