1.   He may construe the approach as a hostile act.

2.   But concern over an escalating conflict fought with U.S. weapons is scarcely a hostile act.

3.   Clearly, this was a hostile act.

4.   Hostile acts against nonbelievers send morale through the roof.

5.   Hostile acts have included car-bombings and house-burnings.

6.   It has long been a tenet of my esteemed colleague, Prof. Martin F. Nolan of the San Francisco branch office, that voting is a hostile act.

7.   On Friday, Gregory declared the lawsuit a hostile act that had ruled out the possibility of dialogue between the bishops and the Survivors Network.

8.   The Republican Congress may have voted to broadcast the tape as a hostile partisan act, but the event has served a healthy civic purpose.

9.   The Russian defense minister, Gen. Pavel Grachev, has already taken the position that NATO expansion would constitute a hostile act against Russia.

10.   Then the coaches association this month joined forces with the NFL Players Association, which one owner called a hostile act.