Example sentences of "taken against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What Maradona said is the most stupid declaration of the Eighties by a football player , ’ said the Fifa spokesman Guido Tognoni , who added that no disciplinary action would be taken against the player . |
| 2 | The Church of Scotland said in a statement : ‘ Any threatening action taken against the Catholic bishops in Malawi is a threat to the whole Church of Christ . ’ |
| 3 | The editor-in-chief of Izvestia , the most respected national daily newspaper , also said legal action would be taken against the Speaker , for seeking to impose restrictions on the newspaper and employing ‘ Bolshevik psychology ’ to gag the press . |
| 4 | So as to underline that all measures are intended to benefit the young person , provisions for involuntary care have been removed and the views of the young person have to be taken into account in deciding on a form of assistance , although no steps can be taken against the wishes of the parent or guardian ( except in an emergency , s. 43 ) . |
| 5 | All decisions on country houses in Britain need to be taken against the background of the massive destruction over the past hundred years , which reached a climax in 1955 . |
| 6 | Although governing bodies retain ultimate control where the grievance is against them , in certain circumstances grievances may be taken against the LEA . |
| 7 | There is no restriction on the local authority regarding works registered under the Alkali , etc. , Works Regulation Act 1906 , indeed in the case of Shoreham-by-Sea Urban District Council v Dolphin Canadian Proteins Ltd. action was taken against the company under s.100 to obtain the abatement of offensive odours emanating from their animal by-product plant which in part processed chicken feathers , a registrable process due to the emission of hydrogen sulphide . |
| 8 | No action was taken against the newspaper , however , and one journalist , who had taken legal advice himself over the story , steadfastly maintained that he had quoted Nick Clayton 's comments completely accurately . |
| 9 | Taken against the background of considerable other evidence about the genetics of psychosis ( especially schizophrenia ) we can therefore certainly conclude that inheritance plays a major role in determining susceptibility . |
| 10 | Most rugby people in Ireland believe this a retrograde step and it was taken against the expressed wishes of a sizeable majority of the clubs . |
| 11 | The boy had been examined by a surgeon , Thomas Chapman , who found numerous wheals , bruises and lacerations , and his report to the guardians led to proceedings being taken against the tailor before the County magistrates ; he was convicted and fined £5 . |
| 12 | It is a paradox that while sex crimes are popularly abhorred little action is taken against the majority of offenders . |
| 13 | The workforce reduction and other actions will result in a one-time charge of $40m to be taken against the fourth quarter figures , but Cray expects to remain profitable for the year , and sees higher profitability as a result of the measures next year . |
| 14 | The cost of all this will be a restructuring charge between $95m and $110m to be taken against the third quarter figures , leading to a loss for the period of over $100m or $2.00 per share . |
| 15 | Other institutions , such as the legal institutions , borstals , prisons and mental hospitals , become concerned with resocialization when deviance has occurred , been socially noticed , and action taken against the person . |
| 16 | Indeed no such point was taken against the applicant in Berry ( No. 2 ) . |
| 17 | Bankruptcy proceedings appear to have been taken against the plaintiffs by B.M.T. Receiving orders were made against them in the county court but , on appeal , these orders were , it is said , rescinded on terms which are not stated but which are said to have been fulfilled . |
| 18 | " But perhaps holding the views you do makes you feel no action should be taken against the enemies of France . " |
| 19 | What safeguards have been taken against the same thing happening in Scotland ? |
| 20 | This episode helped spur the revolutionary action taken against the king at the Westminster Parliament which opened a week later . |
| 21 | The second thing Part II does is to enable quick action to be taken against the marketing of unsafe goods . |
| 22 | This is an emotive case , which has been subject to a full investigation by the special investigation branch of the Royal Military Police , and disciplinary action has been taken against the soldier in relation to the allegations . |
| 23 | THE Princess of Wales , in that famous photograph taken against the sun with a toddler on her hip , was , of course , the girl who put the Di in diaphanous . |
| 24 | Millions of television viewers saw Cossey over-react to a push on the shoulder from Hateley , who was promptly sent off with no action taken against the Belgian . |
| 25 | ‘ However , matters of security are treated with the utmost seriousness and the strongest action will be taken against the passenger concerned . ’ |
| 26 | Troops were deployed in the province for the first time on Feb. 1 , and on Feb. 2 the government used low-flying jets over Pristina in a show of force ; at this time no military action had been taken against the demonstrators . |
| 27 | The action , taken against the wishes of the Bush administration , followed reports of violation of human rights in Zaïre and the questioning of how Mobutu 's personal fortune had been accumulated . |
| 28 | Strong measures would continue to be taken against the Kurdish guerrillas in the region , with the proviso that they should not enfringe human rights . |
| 29 | The inclusion of the ADM-19 , dominated by the former M-19 left-wing guerrillas who had demobilized in March 1990 , effectively removed the threat of legal action being taken against the M-19 leadership for their involvement in an attack on the Palace of Justice in November 1985 [ see p. 38907 ] . |
| 30 | Opposition leaders , however , expressed concern at the continuing military disruption of the transition period , and questioned whether effective action would be taken against the military . |