Sentences with phrase «first act upon»

The narrative structure entails a first Act upon the Great Plateau, completing the extended tutorial and acquiring the four Runes that almost all game puzzles depend upon.
The bureau's first act upon receiving a complaint is to determine if it is legitimate and see if things can be worked out between the consumer and creditor.
On hand for Petty's milestone ride last Sunday was Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, whose first act upon returning from World War II, it is said, was to load his family into the car and take them all down to watch the Daytona 500.
What was their first act upon meeting people after Moses was left behind?

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«This is the first company I've worked in where brainstorms on ways to improve are encouraged and acted upon.
The global drop in oil prices, while terrible for Wall Street upon first blush, has yielded a decrease in gasoline prices that may act as a massive tax cut for those who have reaped very few benefits from the economic recovery.
The global drop in oil prices, while terrible for Wall Street upon first blush, has yielded a commensurate decrease in gasoline prices that may act as a massive tax cut for the very people who have, so far, reaped very few benefits from the economic recovery.
According to Newton's First Law of Motion, a body in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
Would the First Nations communities of Siksika or Morley have been as hard hit by the 2013 flood if this suggestion had been acted upon?
Upon taking office, one of the president's first acts was to slash the previous administration's energy subsidies, which cost the government more than $ 51 billion over the past 13 years.
You see, Newtons first law is simple fact: an object in motion stays in motion and an object out of motion stays out of motion unless acted upon by a net force.
It was really eye opening for me — simple insights like the fact that the first wound most men receive in being circumcised is an intentional act of violence commanded by God — the goal of which is to place his mark upon us, reminding us that we are set apart and specially chosen by him.
Which is to say that the path which the individual life must take is one of growth from nothingness to being, by attempting first to understand that one's life situation is ambiguous; second, by opening oneself up to the creative God - power within oneself and waiting for its revelation, however gradually it may come; and third, by acting upon its discovery.
First, when Jesus «became sin» and died upon the cross, I tend to get the visual of Jesus acting as a spiritual sponge....
One might think, like Anthony Kenny, that the discovery of momentum, that things just keep moving unless acted upon by an external force, renders a first mover that is itself unmoved unnecessary.
The distinction among the three kinds rests upon the nature of the objects valued — ideas in the first case, sense data in the second, and acts in the third.
And this brings us now to the first Aristotelian characterization of sense perception: sensing is a type of «being acted upon
For example, one of the first official acts upon commemorating the rebuilding of Jerusalem, following the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile, was a public reading:
The first act as well as the third of the great drama takes place «in the heavenlies,» but the second takes place upon the earth and partakes fully of the character of the earthly.
It is these physical feelings that make us so sure that there is a real physical world, composed first of our own bodies and then of other physical entities that act upon us.
The function proper to the first organ is that of receiving [percevoir] each particular impression, of attaching signs to it, of combining the different impressions, of comparing them with each other, of drawing from them judgments and resolves; just as the function of the other organ is to act upon the nutritive substances whose presence excites it, to dissolve them, and to assimilate their juices to our nature.
The foundational question (and Holben's first) is, «What is the ultimate authority upon which any moral judgment regarding homosexuals and / or homosexual acts is to be based?»
I then spoke to the fiddler to hold a moment, and added that for several years I had not undertaken any matter of importance without first asking the blessing of God upon it, and I desired now to ask the blessing of God upon this beautiful young lady and the whole company, that had shown such an act of politeness to a total stranger.
Real will have 48 hours to act upon their first refusal or else Arsenal will have free reign to sell him to whoever they please.
He held that Paragraph 41 of the First Schedule of the Electoral Act prescribed the time upon which petitioners and respondents were to prove and defend their case.
One of the charge reads: «That you, Obiageli Nwagu trading under the name and style of Pizzaz Enterprises on or about the 2nd day of December, 2013 at Enugu within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Enugu State issued a First City Monument Bank Plc cheque No: 01952241 dated 2ndDecember, 2013, valued at N3, 800,000.00 to Chinwe Uzakah, the said cheque when presented for payment within three months was dishonored on the grounds that insufficient funds were standing to the credit of the account upon which it was drawn and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Dishonored Cheque (Offences) Act, Cap D11, Laws of the Federation 2004 and punishable under Section 1 (1)(b) of the same Act».
Even my dad is getting in on the act: the first thing he asked me upon learning I was pregnant was «Have you been licking any coal?»
Within 90 days [due approx January 2011] after the date of enactment of this Act, or upon completion of reference designs for the Space Launch System and Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle authorized by this Act, whichever occurs first, the Administrator shall provide a detailed report to the appropriate committees of Congress that provides an overall description of the reference vehicle design, the assumptions, description, data, and analysis of the systems trades and resolution process, justification of trade decisions, the design factors which implement the essential system and vehicle capability requirements established by this Act, the explanation and justification of any deviations from those requirements, the plan for utilization of existing contracts, civil service and contract workforce, supporting infrastructure utilization and modifications, and procurement strategy to expedite development activities through modification of existing contract vehicles, and the schedule of design and development milestones and related schedules leading to the accomplishment of operational goals established by this Act.
To illustrate, this talk will focus on infants» knowledge of objects, agents, and social beings, and on two new systems of concepts that emerge quite suddenly at the end of the first year: concepts of objects as kinds whose forms afford specific functions for action, and concepts of people as social agents whose mental states are shareable experiences of the things they act upon.
Any lab that seems «off the charts» should first be repeated before being acted upon.
The first law states, «Every object continues in its state or rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless compelled to change that state by external forces acted upon it.»
The first two films are a tough act to follow, and here, the laughs are spread out too far, the story feels forced upon its characters, and the whole gimmick of twisting the conventions of fairy tales is starting to show a lack of new, worthwhile ideas.
You'll also stumble upon a number of firsts for the franchise, such as voice acting, shrines and an expansive open world that never, ever holds your hand.
Final Verdict: The first half is fantastic and while the second half has to take upon itself to handle the darker side of things, overall it is a well directed, beautifully written and superbly acted film.
Placing acting on the back burner to focus on her first love, music, she went on to enjoy extraordinary success upon the release of her breakthrough album, Control in 1986.
Willem Dafoe, the first movie star to act in one of Baker's films, plays Bobby, the motel's eternally decent, put - upon, irascible manager.
Upon reflecting on it, I think it may have been my first indication that a career in acting was in my future.
Training As well as clear policies, swiftly and consistently acted upon, it is important that all staff have up - to - date, relevant training to prevent unacceptable behaviour in the first place.
However big the problem, UPCS figures out what first step can be acted upon immediately.
But the tax cut package will be acted upon first, so infrastructure will not be taken up until that has been completed.
We do not recommend that anyone act upon any investment information without first consulting an investment advisor as to the suitability of such investments for his specific situation.
(1) A credit services organization, its salespersons, agents, and representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a credit services organization may not do any of the following: (a) conduct any business regulated by this chapter without first: (i) securing a certificate of registration from the division; and (ii) unless exempted under Section 13 -21-4, posting a bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit with the division in the amount of $ 100,000; (b) make a false statement, or fail to state a material fact, in connection with an application for registration with the division; (c) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performance of the services the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer; (d) dispute or challenge, or assist a person in disputing or challenging an entry in a credit report prepared by a consumer reporting agency without a factual basis for believing and obtaining a written statement for each entry from the person stating that that person believes that the entry contains a material error or omission, outdated information, inaccurate information, or unverifiable information; (e) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer, if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (f) make, or counsel or advise any buyer to make, any statement that is untrue or misleading and that is known, or that by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, to a credit reporting agency or to any person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit, with respect to a buyer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity; (g) make or use any untrue or misleading representations in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; and (h) transact any business as a credit services organization, as defined in Section 13 -21-2, without first having registered with the division by paying an annual fee set pursuant to Section 63J -1-504 and filing proof that it has obtained a bond or letter of credit as required by Subsection (2).
Any person, as defined under this Act, violating any provision of this Act except breach of contract, upon conviction for the first offense, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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You hereby waive any and all rights to bring any claim or action related to such matters in any forum beyond two (2) years after the first occurrence of the kind of act, event, condition or omission upon which the claim or action is based.
Oclacitinib is a relatively fast - acting antipruritic allergy medicine for dogs that can provide relief from itching in as little as 4 hours while needing only the first 24 hours upon administration of the allergy medicine for dogs to put canine itching under control.
In the post, Weissman fires a first blow in his quest for justice, and calls upon others to join in fighting the scourge of canine caretakers who don't pick up after their charges — by submitting photos and videos of scofflaws caught in the act to his block association's Facebook page.
He was a hard case: not fixed, not up - to - date on shots, and he acted like he was possessed by the devil upon first meeting a person.
You hereby waive any and all rights to bring any claim or action related to such matters in any forum beyond two (2) years after the first occurrence of the kind of act, event, condition or omission upon which the claim or action is based.
The first fifty meters from the high tide line is public property, and can not be built upon, so it also acts as a wildlife corridor.
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