Example sentences of "action be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such dramatic attempts at direct action were not the only ways in which people had begun to protest at the development of nuclear power . |
| 2 | The psychological and moral elements of political action were almost the only ones to appear here , which is why intellectuals least inclined to politics were to be seen in the Resistance . |
| 3 | Timber decay which is not owed to insect action is normally the result of fungal attack . |
| 4 | The theory of communicative action is perhaps the crucial and radical component in Habermas 's work but it is not a discrete theory ; it develops in response to a number of problems both theoretical and empirical raised in a variety of contexts . |
| 5 | The ‘ target ’ of the strike action was undoubtedly the railway undertaking but it was obviously a necessary consequence of the strike 's having any effect at all that it should lead to interference in the performance of contracts of carriage . |
| 6 | In fact , Somerset 's next match was n't until Thursday of that week at Sheffield , so Hewett 's action was all the more sporting . |