Example sentences of "[vb past] take [adj] action " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was eventually spurred into action when the majority of the member states began to take unilateral action to control imports of coal into their own territories , so obviating the whole object of the common market since the new controls also applied to imports from other ECSC states . |
| 2 | Melrose was granted permission to return to play the amateur code by the New South Wales Rugby Union after an eight-month dispute where Melrose threatened to take legal action . |
| 3 | In this reply the United States undertook to take certain action at the request of either or both of the parties in the event of an actual or threatened violation of the agreement , and thus guaranteed the continued observance of the Peace Treaty . |
| 4 | On March 5 the police department undertook to take tough action against the country 's top criminal " godfathers " ( chao phor ) . |
| 5 | This strategy was scrapped when it became apparent that the government needed to take some action before the students revved up again for another outbreak of violence . |
| 6 | When the current recession gripped , they decided to take evasive action . |
| 7 | Even those who did take legal action received little advantage from it . |
| 8 | Erm , yeah we , we did take direct action and so eventually the ad was dropped , but if we 'd just complained and not taken any action the ad would n't have been dropped . |
| 9 | Anyway in the end he and the Education Officer did take some action to control the bullies and since then there has been no trouble . |
| 10 | How does the bird manage to identify part of the scene as a fish , or as food , in the first place , and how is it thereupon led to take appropriate action ( that is , how does it know that it should dive , irrespective of how steep the dive should be ) ? |
| 11 | These actions do not support the allegations that Dista Products failed to take appropriate action on this issue . |
| 12 | Whilst noting the developments in human rights since the unbanning of political organizations in February 1990 , Amnesty expressed its concern at the number of killings in which security force members appeared to be directly implicated but where the security forces failed to take appropriate action . |
| 13 | Arguably only if the Library Association failed to take disciplinary action against its members for not putting professional loyalty and practice above employers ' decisions would the Code be discredited — as a paper tiger . |
| 14 | Despite being very close to an agreement with NALGO it was disappointing for the Special Finance Committee held on the 7 October 1992 to learn that the latest package offer had been rejected and to find that a number of employees had taken industrial action to lobby the meeting . |
| 15 | The Directorate of Public Service Management dismissed an estimated 12,000 strikers on Nov. 6 , after some 60,000 to 70,000 government and public-sector workers had taken industrial action in support of a 154 per cent wage rise , originally agreed between the National Amalgamated Union and the government , but which government officials now said could not be met in view of the budget deficit . |
| 16 | Whether they had taken such action with the explicit authorisation of President Gorbachev remained unclear , although it was widely agreed that he had failed to respond adequately to the loss of life that had occurred . |
| 17 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 18 | The most remarkable thing about this letter was that Knox thought it worthwhile making his appeal even although five days earlier the Lords of the Congregation had taken decisive action . |
| 19 | The National Executive had taken rigorous action , reimposing all restrictions imposed in 1936 . |
| 20 | Only 14 per cent of registration officers said they had taken positive action to get information to the half million people in homes or hostels . |
| 21 | If governors of any maintained school wished to take formal action on the basis of a teacher 's level of competence or suitability for continued employment at their school they would have to comply with LEA policies on redeployment and support for teachers experiencing professional difficulties . |
| 22 | In the face of such concerted action it was clear that the Library Association had to take strong action on behalf of its members who , individually , could have little chance of opposing the ban . |
| 23 | A party of puffins had to take evasive action as they nearly flew into the side of the ship . |
| 24 | He says they picked it up on the radar and had to take evasive action . |
| 25 | We felt we had to take direct action . |
| 26 | Ukraine ( except in the formerly Habsburg part ) and Macedonia showed no signs of wanting to break away until the USSR and Yugoslavia had been destroyed by other hands , and they found they had to take some action in self-defence . |