Example sentences of "had [verb] [adj] action " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was believed that Japan had sought joint action which would have included purchases of yen for deutschmarks by the West German Bundesbank . |
| 2 | Schofield , who had threatened legal action to force Leeds to allow him to play for Manly in the close season , revealed : ‘ Manly have withdrawn their offer in view of the problems . ’ |
| 3 | Any man [ sic ] who had opposed political action had simply been insulted at quarterly meetings , and they could not keep on doing that without feeling the effects . |
| 4 | His mother Angela had risked legal action by blocking radiation treatment — saying she would rather her son died in peace at home than suffer in hospital . |
| 5 | Mr Rodney Graham , a fellow consultant at Guy 's , said Professor Keen had started legal action after discovering that Guy 's staff were being diverted to work on implementing the NHS proposals . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The National Executive had taken rigorous action , reimposing all restrictions imposed in 1936 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Economy and Finance Minister , César Vásquez Bazán , revealed on March 2 , 1990 , that the US Citibank , acting on behalf of 230 of Peru 's creditor banks , had begun legal action to recover US$3,400 million owed by Peru . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A party of puffins had to take evasive action as they nearly flew into the side of the ship . |
| 15 | He says they picked it up on the radar and had to take evasive action . |
| 16 | We felt we had to take direct action . |
| 17 | The association said that it had heard of several cases in which EHOs had ordered unacceptable action from wine and drinks wholesalers under the 1990 Food Safety Act . |