Example sentences of "have take [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The World Bank has taken similar action because of $57 million arrears . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that neither he nor the Chancellor of the Exchequer has taken any action to ensure that the European central bank is located in Britain ? |
| 5 | ’ We are surprised Mr Brind has taken this action . |
| 6 | Addressed here are the socially organized ways in which dirty water comes to be noticed and defined as a pollution , thereby creating a case about which an enforcement agent has to take some action . |
| 7 | Royal Dutch Post Horn Lager , brewed by the United Dutch Brewery , has had to take similar action , recalling 200,000 of its 25ml bottles in Britain after reports of glass in some batches . |
| 8 | It is almost certain that he would have had to take evasive action to miss Roddymoor 's houses and likely too that he tried to make a pond to douse the licking flames . |
| 9 | If your dog persists in misbehaving when the doorbell is rung , then you may have to take alternative action . |
| 10 | I suppose we will have to take appropriate action will we not … . |
| 11 | But some of the alleged failures may turn out to be actual failures , and the Institute may have to take disciplinary action against the firms in question . |
| 12 | Only then would he know for certain that it had really happened , and that he would have to take some action . |
| 13 | The problem is that many will have to take some action to change the way they operate their business , before any benefits can result . |
| 14 | ‘ But if there is no readiness to come around … the international community will have to take some action and it will be tough action . ’ |
| 15 | How much of a threat this posed to those drapers who themselves furnished funerals is not recorded , but as none appear to have taken legal action , it can only be assumed that they too had dealings with these manufacturers whilst continuing to offer a funeral service to the general public . |
| 16 | Well there as I mentioned a staff reduction of a hundred and ninety two and significant er staff reduct er cost reduction in other , other areas we , we analyze every single er publishing unit and where the erm where they were marginally profitable or less than marginally profitable er we 've taken appropriate action . |
| 17 | Touche Ross are wasting their time and our money , and we regret that they 've taken this action . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The National Executive had taken rigorous action , reimposing all restrictions imposed in 1936 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | A party of puffins had to take evasive action as they nearly flew into the side of the ship . |
| 27 | He says they picked it up on the radar and had to take evasive action . |
| 28 | We felt we had to take direct action . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ We have taken short-term action in Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh , but we need a comprehensive review , ’ said Coun Walsh . |