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How to use act upon in a sentence

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The worrying thing is how those in power interpret the way we vote and act upon it to stay in power.
First, general relativity holds and gravity must act upon everything as an attractive force.
We human beings differ from most animals in that we act upon nature to produce the things we want and need.
There are windows of tourism opportunity opening regularly but no-one available to spot them and act upon them before they slam shut.
As long as you're not perpetrating a criminal act upon someone, you ought to be free to do whatever you like.
After being made redundant, Daphne decided to act upon her dream to create a boarding kennels and cattery at her home.
The teeth of the crown wheel act upon the pallets alternately and cause the balance to oscillate.
It is one thing to assert one's good intentions, but another entirely to act upon them.
It allows us to entertain the idea of rebellion, diffusing that feeling without having to act upon it.
This is why both muscles acting upon these motions also act upon the flexion.
A common approach was to input the program by some physical means, such as wiring a plugboard, and then feeding in the data for the program to act upon.
It also shows how to achieve their full measure of rights and how to recognise and act upon their responsibility to help others too.
To act upon the desire by which both he and Juliet are now ineluctably bound, in other words, would mean a double infraction.
A technician can no longer act upon them because a capacitor in an old appliance that could be as wide as a pen is now as small as a pinhead.
A great deal of consultation has gone into this very important piece of legislation and it is up to the House to act upon those wishes.
I know that the party opposite opposed it, but it is something that we promised and were determined to act upon.
We need to hear what they are saying and to act upon their advice whenever we can.
Supra-local authorities should set, assess and act upon these strategic aims in a socially innovative way.
Rarely do they rely on their own values and judgements, or act upon their own motivations.
The PCB is the body mandated to act upon the results of the Evaluation and initiates the Evaluation and receives its results.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The test paper will indicate its presence, even before it has time to act upon the glass.
These two digestive fluids are now mixed with the chyme, and act upon it in the remarkable manner just described.
Pabst proved this by letting methyl sulphuric acid act upon a mixture of acetic acid and ethyl alcohol.
Agesilaus resolved to act upon it, and despatched Lysander to the Hellespont.
The stimuli may be applied to, or may act upon, any part of the nerve.
But when he attempted to act upon that very sensible decision a burly dog came bowsing out and disputed his right.
Yet lest vanity should befool me, I dared not act upon suspicions.
Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it.
Think over Mother's preachment, act upon it if it seems good, and God bless you all.
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