Example sentences of "[vb mod] take [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a ‘ hit ’ is made the immigration officers must take certain action , according to a code letter which appears next to the name in the index . |
| 2 | ‘ Then you must take appropriate action . |
| 3 | It has now reached the point where those professions involved in the management of data must take serious action to prevent information exchange becoming information loss . |
| 4 | If , as a result of its inquiries under s47 , it concludes that certain action should be taken to safeguard or promote a child 's welfare it must take that action so far as it is both within its power and reasonably practicable for it to do so ( s47(8) ) . |
| 5 | Furthermore a citizen can only enforce the cancellation by making a formal objection within one month of notification ; and if that objection is rejected by the authority , the citizen must take legal action within another month . |
| 6 | My right hon. and hon. Friends must take stronger action in concert with our European partners to show the world that we take this situation much more seriously than many people in Yugoslavia seem to think . |
| 7 | Taxpayers with allowances not already fully used and those whose tax rate is 20 per cent not 25 per cent , must take positive action to reclaim overpaid tax . |
| 8 | I wrote to the Secretary of State for the Environment and was told that it was really a matter for the chief environmental officer of the local authority , but when I took the matter up with the local environmental officer , his response — and it is to his credit that he responded — was , ’ Well , it may be bad , but it is not really so bad that I must take any action . ’ |
| 9 | Chief Inspector , Robin Harrier , says the increase in crime means they must take more action . |
| 10 | ‘ We should take industrial action against any bidder who did not meet a number of conditions relating to employee practices . ’ |
| 11 | It was agreed that the NEC should take appropriate action , and the letter was passed to ; on the proposal of , seconded by . |
| 12 | Present trends could lead to consumption more than doubling by 2020 , the council says , and although energy is abundant at present , governments should take early action to secure supplies . |
| 13 | Only part of the information obtained will indicate where the company should take strategic actions to cope with fundamental structural changes in the environment . |
| 14 | It will now be up to the Archbishop of Canterbury to decide if the church should take disciplinary action . |
| 15 | The Guild argues that the Government should take more action . |
| 16 | A local authority obliged to investigate under s47 must make whatever inquiries it considers to be necessary to enable it to decide whether it should take any action to safeguard or promote the child 's welfare ( s47(1) ) . |
| 17 | Furthermore , the Charter implied that the two greatest trading nations of the world should take domestic action to expand their demand , for the international expansion of trade which the Americans wanted to see after the war would necessarily be the sum of many domestic expansions . |
| 18 | They 've been working very hard , in some cases long hours I think it 's right because this is a similar discussion we had by Public Protection Committee about a report and the main thing about the report is to find ways in which this could be avoided and that we could take such action as necessary and obviously some matters to avoid such a happening again but having said that other parts of West Sussex have always tended to be erm when you get excess rain erm you tend to get flooded in on the train many times some houses have got boats down the bottom of their garden and it 's not just now it 's been flooded , but it has been flooded in more recent times and that 's probably something we should be looking at . |
| 19 | Again , the Leader of the Opposition seemed not to grasp the fact that , in article 118B , the social chapter provided for circumstances in which , if European businesses and trade unions agreed , they could take Europe-wide action through the Council without reference to the European Parliament , let alone this one . |
| 20 | Both mothers could take legal action against the hospital even if they have the correct child . |
| 21 | The United Nations could take political action through the General Assembly and Security Council against a State which entered into agreements in conflict with its Charter . |
| 22 | The DoH legal departments is said to be worried that children in care could take civil action against staff and , by implication , the government if staff pursue the tough line thought to be recommended . |
| 23 | I also asked him to get in touch with the FAA in Washington so that they , as the airworthiness authority which originally certified the aircraft type as airworthy , could take appropriate action by informing the airworthiness authorities of all the States in the world that operated those aircraft . |
| 24 | And at that stage , our members were then at the s at the point where they could take industrial action , if they so desired . |
| 25 | The Banking , Insurance and Finance Union has resolved to cooperate with a scheme for voluntary redundancies but says it could take industrial action if the job losses are made compulsory . |
| 26 | They even , praise be , asked skiers at the end of the day whether they had enjoyed the experience , hopefully so that they could take positive action if they had any complaints or worthwhile suggestions . |
| 27 | The legislation merely states that ‘ if it appears to a local planning authority that it is expedient in the interests of amenity ’ , it may take certain action , in relation , for example , to unsightly neglected waste land or to the preservation of trees . |
| 28 | Any living individual , if made the identifiable subject of a defamatory attack , may take legal action . |
| 29 | Virgin chief Richard Branson , who may take legal action in pursuit of a settlement of the original ‘ dirty tricks ’ row , said he was sad to hear of the new allegations . |
| 30 | But the main opposition party say they may take legal action because they suspect fraud . |