Example sentences of "an action [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , an action completed in the recent past is expressed in Irish English by a construction of the type exemplified by 39 , while standard English does not mark that semantic category ( the hot news perfect ) in the verb form at all ( see Huddleston 1984 : 143 for a summary of recent work on the semantics of tense and aspect in standard English ) . |
| 2 | Moreover , by November 1983 American soldiers had gone into action in the Middle East , as the major element in a United Nations force attempting to open a way to peace in the Lebanon , long battered by civil war ; and in the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada , where , following a coup within the island 's Marxist-dominated government , the Reagan Administration — fearful of Cuban activities — had sent in the Marines , an action condemned by the United Nations . |
| 3 | The note was unpaid and an action brought against the three was compromised by the giving of three notes , one of 1 January 1832 for 13 months in the sum of £52.18s.8d. and the other two now sued on . |
| 4 | Ltd. an action brought by the local authority under s.100 to obtain the abatement of obnoxious odours , raised the defence of best practicable means , and Brabin , J. in his judgement said obiter , ‘ I do not find the meaning of sections 92 to 100 of the 1936 Act ambiguous . |
| 5 | It is well established that a public law decision by a local authority may be open to challenge by way of defence or counterclaim to an action brought by the local authority in the High Court or the county court , notwithstanding the fact that if the defendant had sought to begin the proceedings he would have had to do so by way of judicial review : see Wandsworth London Council v. Winder [ 1985 ] A.C. 461 . |
| 6 | The context for social workers comes from the referral of an old person to the agency , an action taken by the individual him/herself , or by a relative , neighbour , or another professional worker . |