very act
collocation in Englishmeaningsofveryandact
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very
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈver.i/us/ˈver.i/
(used to add emphasis to a noun) exact ...
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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(Definition ofveryandactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvery act
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In theveryactof labelling a transition as being one from localist to distributed coding, one is assuming a dichotomy between the two.
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The 'sampling' approach to theveryactof listening and 'consuming' sonic art has challenged traditional concert hall presentation.
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Theveryactof describing is an imposition of categories and rules in a domain where there have been only social practices.
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Is paramnesia merely embedded in the text or is it produced in theveryactof writing?
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A second reason is that we are a part of the world, and we cannot perceive ourveryactof perceiving.
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Theveryactand language of reporting embodied organizational decisions.
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For the latter, transformation involved theveryactof leaving the human community, joining nature, and becoming divine.
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As such, it underlines theveryactof speaking expressly to the already addressed recipient.
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For many respondents, theveryactof writing music and lyrics is inherently more creative, and therefore more authentic, than singing songs written by others.
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Moreover, theveryactof bringing the worker to court withdrew his labour.
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In the end, theveryactof affixing an inscription became a symbolic "taking possession" that did not even require military actions.
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Nerval may have created d' j' vu experiences through ea theveryactof imagining and remembering demanded by literary creation.
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Both signal a lack of commitment to what they are saying in theveryactof saying it.
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Nevertheless, the crucial issue is theveryactof comparison, not the currency in which it is expressed.
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Because theveryactof centralization frequently created the archival record on which we depend, it is often difficult to discern precisely what came before.
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Such questions might be similarly odd to ask of a performative utterance, since it is done in theveryactof saying it.
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But we argue that reductionism would doom the explanatory significance of the special sciences in theveryactof trying to unify them.
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But it is the sales agent who initiates thisveryactof approaching, and the agent must assume beforehand that rejection is a possibility.
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The uncertain theoretical status of self-organization can be traced, in part, to theveryactof borrowing across disciplinary boundaries.
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Theveryactof defining the transformation (geometrically) on objects gives us all the functoriality and continuity that we need.
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