Example sentences of "have be an act " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . |
| 2 | ‘ It has been an act of faith to keep going . |
| 3 | ‘ even in these days when affrays , riotous behaviour and other disturbances happen ill too frequently , we can not accept that there can be a breach of the peace unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person , or in his presence his property , or is likely to cause such harm , or which puts someone in fear of such harm being done . ’ |
| 4 | To drive the archbishop into exile for having recognized a pope accepted by all Normandy would have been an act of political folly . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | In the eyes of Louis , his near-drowning had been an act of self-emasculation , a loss of face tumbling him down the social scale to a level little higher than a peon 's . |
| 7 | Up until now Katherine 's posture of confidence had been an act of will , a daring of elements which might prove as hostile as her mother . |
| 8 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 9 | Military sources said that the derailment had been an act of sabotage . |
| 10 | There had been an act but he , Andrus , had not acted . |