Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | Act 1919 , which encouraged adjacent districts to co-ordinate their plans , and the Town and Country Planning Act 1932 , which sought to encourage local action to regulate activities in both the town and county ( Sheail 1981 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Local authorities are ideally placed to provide concerted action , through partnership with communities , businesses and voluntary organisations , to meet environmental challenges facing us all . ’ |
| 3 | The Educational Institute of Scotland has organised industrial action because it argues that the new school is still basically Bellarmine in a different building . |
| 4 | The DUP man admits in the interview he has considered legal action against newspaper reports which have linked him with paramilitaries . |
| 5 | THE Auto Cycle Council of Australia has threatened legal action over plans to move the Australian Grand Prix from Phillip Island to Sydney . |
| 6 | We may also consider taking disciplinary action . |
| 7 | Finally , in August 1987 , SAVE wrote a firm and formal letter to the Secretary of State stating that , if the Department refused to list the building , SAVE would consider taking legal action . |
| 8 | The simple fact remains that , if we can not get agreement , we may consider taking unilateral action in the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | Concern about the confidentiality of large amounts of personal data has necessitated legal action . |
| 10 | Its parallel body , the Emerging Issues Task Force , is notable for the way in which it has taken anticipatory action in time to head off expected abuses . |
| 11 | The World Bank has taken similar action because of $57 million arrears . |
| 12 | The court might hold that the existence of the default power precludes the tort action ; but if the authority has not just failed to act but has taken positive action , or if it has acted ultra vires , or if it has inflicted injury on the applicant greater than that suffered by other affected parties ( ‘ special damage ’ ) , a court might be prepared to allow a tort action even in the face of a statutory default power . |
| 13 | A FORMER Lord Mayor of Belfast is expected to face disciplinary action after a stand up row with a colleague , it was revealed last night . |
| 14 | Weber shared the classical elitists ' hopes for developing a systematic social science , but he did not agree that natural science methods could be simply transposed to explain social action or behaviour , since a plausible account of actors ' motives is required for completeness ( Runcimann , 1972 ) . |
| 15 | The majority of members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have voted to take industrial action over their workload . |
| 16 | Only workers at Leyland-DAF 's Albion works in Glasgow , which lost 67 jobs from a total of 550 in Friday 's jobs-cuts announcement , have voted to take industrial action , but it is highly unlikely they will strike . |
| 17 | Only workers at Leyland-DAF 's Albion works in Glasgow , which lost 67 jobs from a total of 550 in Friday 's jobs-cuts announcement , have voted to take industrial action , but it is highly unlikely they will strike . |
| 18 | A third Employment Act ( 1988 ) removed various closed shop immunities , extended the number of union officials to be directly elected , now by postal ballot , and gave legal protection to members who suffered ‘ unjustified ’ discipline by a union ( e.g. for refusing to support industrial action ) . |
| 19 | From this position , perceptions can be seen to guide human action . |
| 20 | Virgin said its lawyers had now been instructed to pursue legal action and the affair looks destined to go before the American courts . |
| 21 | We must continue to campaign on this issue and support taking legal action in Europe against the attack on women 's pay . |
| 22 | NALGO 's members , who are mostly women , are bitter that they 've been pushed to take industrial action . |
| 23 | THE Taoiseach , Albert Reynolds , has threatened to take disciplinary action against Fianna Fail backbenchers who criticise his Northern Ireland policy . |
| 24 | Gould has threatened to take legal action and has written to the Prime Minister claiming his civil liberties were infringed . |
| 25 | In an earlier ultimatum , issued on Aug. 6 , 1990 , the ANC had threatened to halt the constitutional talks unless the government had freed all political prisoners by April 30 , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " accord by which the ANC had agreed to suspend armed action [ see p. 37642 ] . |
| 26 | She does not principally want to know what the data signify in themselves but how texts reflect processes of communication , and how and why they were used to organise purposeful action , make valid claims , or to express feelings . |
| 27 | A spokesman said : ‘ We have been told to expect anti-apartheid action and although the ANC requested no such protests for this tour , it seems some people seem determined to carry on anyway . |
| 28 | The Area Director also has power to discharge or revoke it upon the happening of specified events including a request from the applicant so to do , or where the aid has been abused , or where the applicant is in arrears with contributions , or where the applicant 's financial position improves so that he or she is able to afford to fund legal action . |
| 29 | They will now consult their members to see whether they wish to accept the rise or consider taking industrial action . |
| 30 | 90% of the 300 MPs lobbied promised to take positive action including asking Parliamentary Questions , writing to Sir George Young , the Housing Minister and visiting local housing projects within their constituencies . |