Act

Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight.

an act of goodwill

That best portion of a good man's life, / His little, nameless, unremembered acts / Of kindness and of love.

The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be.

But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.

Under current law, employers can drag out the union election process... Under the PRO Act, workers and the NLRB set union election procedures. The employer is not involved.

He was caught in the act of stealing.

“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”

The pivotal moment in the play was in the first scene of the second act.

Which act did you prefer? The soloist or the band?

The minute you let it be known you're planning a sales campaign everybody wants to get into the act.

to put on an act

He said, "I'm just curious, is this for real or just an act? / Can't tell if you love or hate me, never met someone like that"

If you don’t act soon, you will be in trouble.

that we act our temporal affairs with a deſire no greater than our neceſſity

Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do.

Uplifted hands that at convenient times / Could act extortion and the worst of crimes.

I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.

But whatever types he assumes, the need to have a good play which acts delightfully well before the audience, and to their delectation, is the dominant thrust. If the play acts well, the director gets the credits.

A dog which acts aggressively is likely to bite.

I believe that Bill’s stuck-up because of the way that he acts.

He’s acting strangely—I think there’s something wrong with him.

He acted unconcerned so the others wouldn’t worry.

act on behalf of John

High-pressure oxygen acts on the central nervous system and may cause convulsions or death.

Gravitational force acts on heavy bodies.

He’s been acting Shakespearean leads since he was twelve.

He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.

With acted fear the villain thus pursued.

A lawyer cannot act until they have been formally instructed by their client.

This group acts on the circle, so it can't be left-orderable!

Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.

james did u act enjoy that juice? looked like u were gagging icl