Example sentences of "[pn reflx] an act " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indira Gandhi 's assassination was itself an act of revenge by her Sikh bodyguards , after hundreds of Sikhs were killed during the clearing of extremists from their Golden Temple in Amritsar . |
| 2 | Looking through this contract at what goodies you can earn is in itself an act to strengthen motivation and keep you on track . |
| 3 | Faithfulness to the shape of common concepts is itself an act of normative significance . |
| 4 | But in a newspaper report on the trial , such an omission would have been absurd and itself an act of collusion with racism . |
| 5 | Only the first is praiseworthy for the utilitarian , since praise is essentially itself an act to be judged as good or harmful . |
| 6 | At the hearing , the Commission of the European Communities argued that the registration of a vessel constituted in itself an act of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |
| 7 | The Commission states this emphatically not only because the offering of music should be itself an act of worship , but because there are other important benefits arising from its use which have particular relevance today . |
| 8 | In advance of the fighting he warned both sides not to take military action , even though Egypt 's prior closing of the Straits of Tiran was widely regarded as itself an act of aggression . |