Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 2 | In 1890 a chance arose for united action but even here divisions remained . |
| 3 | ‘ It is time we moved for concerted action to liberate the press from these laws . ’ |
| 4 | Daily Mail journalists voted for industrial action over plans not to recognise the National Union of Journalists in a postal ballot . |
| 5 | The strike shut 3 schools in Gloucester for the day , after one union voted for industrial action . |
| 6 | In 1974 the NUM was led by Joe Gormley ( pictured ) , a noted ‘ moderate ’ , and 81 per cent of the miners voted for industrial action hardly the minority militancy hinted at by Mr Morris . |
| 7 | Labour will set the pace in pressing for international action to safeguard the ozone layer , to combat acid rain , to tackle the problem of global warming , to face up to the environmental needs of the poorest people of the world . |
| 8 | Emphasising that the aid weapon helped to encourage liberalisation in Kenya , Britain and America are pushing for tough action in Paris to mellow Malawi 's life president , Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda . |
| 9 | He had given a speech earlier in the year on the subject of ‘ Constitution Reform in Trinidad and Tobago ’ , at the end of which he appealed for mass action and now he was testing the dedication and organisational abilities of his P.E.G . |
| 10 | Calls were made for immediate action and ‘ justice ’ . |
| 11 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 12 | Iraq 's EC ambassador Zaid Haidar said : ‘ They are looking for military action to boost the re-election of Bush . ’ |
| 13 | The S S Bodegraven was an elderly steam freighter , serviceable for short hauls but not built for military action . |
| 14 | Support for allied action came from South Korea , Taiwan , Thailand , Singapore and the Philippines . |
| 15 | Transport & General Workers ' Union deputy secretary Jack Adams warned that his members would ballot for industrial action if there were compulsory redundancies . |
| 16 | President , I 've , er , had lots of advice from my colleagues as to how to respond to the comments of the shop stewards er , I can only respond and say thank you very much indeed for the kind things they 've said particularly , erm , specific point that 's been raised on the industry from my colleagues that are from the Midlands and East Coast the situation currently is that , er , we have decided to ballot for industrial action in E C C and the T & G have decided to ballot for industrial action in , I think its . |
| 17 | President , I 've , er , had lots of advice from my colleagues as to how to respond to the comments of the shop stewards er , I can only respond and say thank you very much indeed for the kind things they 've said particularly , erm , specific point that 's been raised on the industry from my colleagues that are from the Midlands and East Coast the situation currently is that , er , we have decided to ballot for industrial action in E C C and the T & G have decided to ballot for industrial action in , I think its . |
| 18 | But labour has consequences for consciousness in that rules for instrumental action are developed which enable the subject to have a measure of control over nature through the use of tools . |
| 19 | For example , the employees who reject their manager 's ultimatum and vote for industrial action have withdrawn their concession that the manager can control their behaviour . |
| 20 | We therefore decided to press for immediate action where it could be taken , with the aim of achieving a Directive in the medium term . |
| 21 | Aggressively inclined courtiers like Prince Menshikov ( who was much more militant as a diplomat and as Navy Minister than as Governor of Finland ) were beginning to press for pre-emptive action . |
| 22 | Speakers called for immediate action to reverse Mr Zhivkov 's national and religious assimilation policies towards the ethnic Turks and Bulgarian Muslims . |
| 23 | AN MP has called for immediate action to stop finance companies using ‘ blatant political scare tactics ’ in a bid to drum up business . |
| 24 | In 1972 , the Swedish government hosted the United Nations Stockholm Conference on the Environment and called for international action to reduce transboundary movement of air pollution . |
| 25 | Reports on April 6 said that Australia 's Prime Minister Bob Hawke had also called for international action to help the Kurds . |
| 26 | The two countries ' joint forestry committee has called for retaliatory action , including a ban on imports of certain EC products , to be taken by the forthcoming meeting of economic ministers of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) . |
| 27 | After 10 years nothing had happened , so in 1968 the Institute of Trademarks Agents called for urgent action . |
| 28 | Opening the session , President El Hadj Omar Bongo — the party 's founding chairman — called for urgent action to stamp out corruption . |
| 29 | According to the BTA , long delays in the immigration areas of London airports are giving overseas visitors a very poor welcome , BTA chairman , cited undermanning of immigration desks as one cause , and called for urgent action . |
| 30 | A committee of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) has called for urgent action to reduce the incidence of acute pesticide poisoning in developing countries . |