Example sentences of "in [prep] the act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Volkswagen was getting in on the act with its two concept Varios ( see separate story ) , which could bring four-wheel-drive recreational motoring to a much wider audience . |
| 2 | Even the Prime Minister , Stanley Baldwin , got in on the act , speculating upon ‘ the enormous power which the film is developing for propaganda purposes , and the danger to which we in this country and our Empire subject ourselves if we allow that method of propaganda to be entirely in the hands of foreign countries . ’ |
| 3 | The Soviet Army , has also been getting in on the act . |
| 4 | The Tote was the only legal means of off-course betting for decades but off-course betting did not thrive until Ladbrokes was allowed in on the act . |
| 5 | Even British farmers have been getting in on the act , attracted by the lure of cheap agricultural land at prices half those on our side of the Channel . |
| 6 | Great care must be exercised when buying in Germany as high prices gained in the sale of dogs are told and retold throughout the training clubs of Germany and as you can imagine , many German breeders want to get in on the act ! |
| 7 | What 's more , there will be three of them , so your club 's second and third teams can get in on the act as well . |
| 8 | There will be family backing — no doubt the McTavish branch will be muscling in on the act , if Deirdre is to act as captain . |
| 9 | Stephen Pullan and Iain Pyman both gave further evidence of the strength of Sand Moor by upstaging clubmate Cage with 68s , while Stephen Burnell ( Brickendon Grange ) and Stoneham 's Alan Mew got in on the act by matching the exacting par of 69 . |
| 10 | Getting in on the act , is the crew of the Marton horse bus ( left ) who were about to become redundant . |
| 11 | Every accusation was thrown at the team , even Tunisia got in on the act . |
| 12 | They are not anxious for others to get in on the act . |
| 13 | But in the wings , British Telecom wants to get in on the act . |
| 14 | Second row Paul Warwick got in on the act and full-back David Rowledge stretched the lead to 27–11 with a penalty to add to his earlier conversions . |
| 15 | The RAC is also in on the act , offering members its Emergency Telephone , a cellphone priced at £199 , inclusive of connection , and with a 55p peak rate charge . |
| 16 | The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle , the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here . |
| 17 | Then Tin Pan Alley moved in on the act and the soul was lost … ’ |
| 18 | → Sorry to have forgotten about the Pacifica , Graham — although , come to think of it , Charvel/Jackson might also have been in on the act back in the mid-eighties . |
| 19 | Even Eldorado gets in on the act and two episodes of EastEnders will be screened , one on Christmas Eve and the other on Christmas Day . |
| 20 | Even car towaways are in on the act . |
| 21 | Gran has joined in on the act . |
| 22 | However , this was before the astronomers , notably Professor Alexander Thom , got in on the act . |
| 23 | After the home club and Southend took the top places , Colchester Joggers got in on the act with the team bronze , a first for the club over this distance . |
| 24 | By the time Adidas and Umbro got in on the act in the late-Seventies , a shirt could be carrying up to 40 little advertisements for the manufacturers , less than subtly integrated into the stripes . |
| 25 | The Hague Linker is getting in on the act . |
| 26 | But the computer typed in masculine names — is this one in on the act as well ? |
| 27 | Even their parents got in on the act , when the Mercedes hired to take them to the reception blew up . |
| 28 | Wales are now getting in on the act . |
| 29 | The club scene is now inundated with New Zealand and Australian coaches , due in no small part to the success of Garryowen , current AIL champions under their New Zealand coach , my husband , Murray Kidd. the IRFU is also getting in on the act with the appointment of former All Black captain and current Wellington coach Andy Leslie to its coaching panel . |
| 30 | The western American states are in on the act , too — Oregon , California and Alaska are growing at seven per cent — twice the rate of the remainder of the country . |