The first act takes place over a period of about two weeks.

The third act takes place in a hospital many years later.

The second act takes place six years later in September of 1778.

It did not look as if this last act would take very long.

The act itself, what happens, takes less than three minutes.

Since the act took effect in 1983, the Government has spent $24.6 billion to train about two million people each year.

The final act takes place a year earlier in Joyce's kitchen.

The whole act may take less than 30 seconds, and is often repeated several times.

The act would take effect upon signature from the governor.

You must make certain that such an act does not take place.