Example sentences of "it [prep] an act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , by pure chance — but seeing it as an act of providence — she had heard Lin Foh call down for an early supper , for him and his CI5 guardian . |
| 2 | This last work was never finished : Mozart seems to have written it as an act of thanksgiving for his marriage , intending Constanze herself to sing as soprano soloist . |
| 3 | His father saw it as an act of treachery , his mother silently agreed with everyone as she saw their separate points of view . |
| 4 | Q : I think that is because people see it as an act of desperation when an actress agrees to appear in a nude magazine like Playboy . |
| 5 | The Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front ( FPMR-A ) also claimed responsibility for the attack , describing it as an act of " popular justice " . |
| 6 | The devotion of the people of Dijon to an obscure tomb in one of the cemetries outside the town was frowned on by the local bishop , Gregory of Langres , who regarded it as an act of pagan superstition . |
| 7 | I look upon it as an act of spite by Durham County Council ‘ You stopped our inner ring road scheme . |