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‘An act can be constituted-of-or-filled-with violence.’

[⟨det act.nconstituted-of-or-filled-with.a (k violence.n)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A well written mystery isn’t about an act of violence.
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In Wikipedia:

The climax of the film rests upon the attempts of Maya, Omar, and Roshan to prevent Sam from committing an act of violence.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We condemn every act of violence and terrorism.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Rape is an act of violence.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Several schools have received threats of a similar act of violence in the near future.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Turns out two can be a mob: Any collection of people, assembled for the purpose and with the intention of committing an assault or a battery upon any person or an act of violence as defined in? 19.2 – 297.1, without authority of law, shall be deemed a’ ’ mob.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

If every act of violence by Hindutvavaadis led to police swoop – downs on large numbers of random Hindus, then we (people called Nivedita and Prashant and Sumit Shrivastava) might not be focusing on Hindu orthodoxy at that point, but quite correctly, demanding accountability by state agencies.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Lord Byron’s speech in the House of Lords February 27th 1812 During the short time I recently passed in Nottingham, not twelve hours elapsed without some fresh act of violence; and on that day I left the the county I was informed that forty Frames had been broken the preceding evening, as usual, without resistance and without detection. Such was the state of that county, and such I have reason to believe it to be at this moment.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And all of this occurred against U.S. citizens, without a single act of violence having taken place, and nothing more serious than traffic blockage even alleged by authorities to have been planned.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

At the root of every act of violence against one’s neighbour there is a concession to the’ ‘thinking’’ of the evil one, the one who’ ’ was a murderer from the beginning’ ’ (Jn 8:44).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Basic human dignity is violated by every act of violence, bigotry, and discrimination.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The next time I see a six – year – old Israeli girl cry because someone she loves has been taken from her by some senseless act of violence, I’ll remember.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

However, as Thomas Perry, representative of the publisher, said in a public comment [the book]’ ’ could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The criminal complaints filed by the Ramsey County Attorney do not allege that any of the defendants personally have engaged in any act of violence or damage to property.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Then recently I read Jack Womack’s fantastic book, Random Acts of Senseless Violence.
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In the British National Corpus:

In order for punishment not to be, in every instance, an act of violence of one or of many against a private citizen, it must be essentially public, prompt, necessary, the least possible in the given circumstances, proportionate to the crimes, dictated by the laws (p. 99).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It was just another random act of senseless violence.
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In Wikipedia:

Domestic violence is not explicitly prohibited in Pakistani domestic law and most acts of domestic violence are encompassed by the Qisas and Diyat Ordinance.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They defined terrorism as an act of violence, or the threat of violence, calculated to create an atmosphere of fear and alarm.
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And 3,129 more sentences.

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Queried on 2013-06-18.